Irene, "Dad you MUST take me to school earlier. I am always skinning the flint." "Skinning the flint?" Arriving just before her name is called out in register. Well, Roy, as a mathematician, is a master of precise calculations.I am reading The … [Continue reading]
For the Fallen–Laurence Binyon
For The FallenLaurence Binyon With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free.Solemn the drums … [Continue reading]
For the Fallen–Laurence Binyon
For The Fallen Laurence Binyon With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. Solemn the drums thrill; Death … [Continue reading]
Why Should I Doubt the Justice of God?
Total Forgiveness Here's one of my favourite stories. The novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne's daughter Una is sick and is expected to die that night. He paces near her bed as her fever climbs, and she grows weaker and weaker. She is the brightest, his … [Continue reading]
Parenting: Rowing in the middle of a stormy sea
Parenting: Rowing in the Middle of a Stormy Sea A bit dramatic? Nah, I didn't say: Cast adrift without oars or Mars Bars in the middle of a dark, stormy sea. Which is what parenting teenagers feels like. I grew up in a boarding school where I … [Continue reading]
Sign on Irene’s Door Tonight
Wikio Sign on Irene's Door Tonight … [Continue reading]
Astonishing bursts of creativity: The Blood Flow is Poetry, there’s no Stopping it
The Blood Flow is Poetry: There's No Stopping ItI think of the wonderful poet Rainer Maria Rilke who gathered up strength and sweetness all his life as he struggled with a writers' block which lasted for decades, indeed intermittently all his … [Continue reading]
Diana Holman-Hunt “My Grandmothers and I”
Diana Holman-Hunt---"My Grandmothers and I"Diana Holman-Hunt's "My grandmothers and I" is thoroughly enjoyable. As her name suggests, she is the grand-daughter of William Holman-Hunt who has given us iconic and beloved images like Light of the … [Continue reading]
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