Monday, August 27, 2012

A child's-eye Eucharist

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I had an interesting experience at church yesterday - a first, I'd say, in 34 years. Instead of sitting in the front pew where I can h...
Friday, August 24, 2012

A trip worth making

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I've been doing a bit of gadding this week. Two visits in three days to the Edinburgh Festival leaves this west coast resident a tad s...
Friday, August 17, 2012

This fasting caper ...

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I wonder how many who are reading this saw the fascinating programme about fasting and ageing on the telly? I recorded it - presumably du...
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Sunday, August 12, 2012

Of broom pods, technology, and speed

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After a week of glorious sunshine and pleasing photos, why do I post this pic of black broom pods? Ok - it's because it suits my mood ...
Saturday, July 21, 2012

I and me and chord sequences

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Oh bother. I'm feeling a grump coming on. Having spent longer than is sensible reading old green Penguins - see past entries - I buy a c...
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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Peirles Paramour...A journey into our past

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Fragment from text of document  I've been singing again. Back to where, in a way, it all began - and the time when the text on the ...
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Friday, July 06, 2012

Journey begins in bloggers meeting

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People who don't know about blogging still - after all these years - sneer at the idea. I'd rather meet people and have real conve...
Saturday, June 30, 2012

Hamlet, revenge!

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I was interested to see that at least one person had offered on Amazon the very copy of Michael Innes's Hamlet, Revenge that I have j...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012

A mug's game ...

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I wouldn't describe myself as a royalist. Nor do I collect china - I've never even owned a display cabinet, something I feel marks...
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Sunday, June 24, 2012

The Pisky and the Press

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The astute/interested/bored reader of this blog will know that I've been otherwise engaged these last few days - benign activities to ...
Saturday, June 23, 2012

After the rain

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I have just realised something wonderful. I've suspected it for a few weeks, but today I was sure. I seem to have got my sense of smel...
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Friday, June 15, 2012

Never Seconds trends on Twitter

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I love it. The power of Twitter, that is. I can't be said to love the council for whom I used to work and in whose area I live, nor th...
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Monday, June 11, 2012

Proud - and twittering

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Another Synod gone, and only one photo on my camera of the proceedings (it is surely appropriate that I use one of Fr. Kelvin addressing ...
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Friday, June 01, 2012

Elizabeth's song

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The babe leaps in my womb, and the Spirit has filled all my soul: blessed are you among women, and blessed the fruit of your wom...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Old haunts again

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Back at the old paperbacks again - my third Michael Innes in three weeks,  a reversion to almost-childhood with one of my favourites, Op...
Saturday, May 19, 2012

Grey May thoughts

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The weather remains thoroughly and dispiritingly wintry - for winter in these maritime parts is just like this: raw winds, smirring rain wit...
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Sunday, May 06, 2012

Miners' Gala 1984

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Miners' gala Originally uploaded by goforchris . I’m riding on a lorry through the Edinburgh streets. Beside me is a missile...
Saturday, May 05, 2012

Hugh Lyons, RIP

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Hugh on the bonfire Originally uploaded by goforchris . Hugh Lyons was an adventurer. I was aware of him around Holy Trinity Church fo...
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Friday, May 04, 2012

Stylish nonsense

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There are times when the brain shrinks and all one needs is the soothing assurance of a good friend - like, for instance, when one has a b...
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Rite of passage

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I became acquainted with the writing of Michael Arditti through the meticulous and often hilarious Easter , and wishlisted his rite-of-pas...