Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
As Kingfishers Flash Fire--Gerard Manley Hopkins A kingfisher. As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies dráw fláme; As tumbled over rim in roundy wells Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell’s Bow swung finds tongue to fling … [Continue reading]
Sadly, whatever it is I am allergic to, hits me quite late in the season. So every year, I hope this is going to be the year in which my immune system does not go under under the assaults of pollen, but late in the season, I am disappointed. My … [Continue reading]
“To have another language is to possess a second soul” Emperor Charlemagne. It is indeed true. It is amazing, how one's personality, gesticulations, facial expressions, and ways of expressing oneself change when one speaks a new language. I learnt … [Continue reading]
Here's one of my very favourite Christian songs. I have listened to it, oh hundreds of times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K93ebKnmhs&feature=related "If I Stand" by Rich Mullins There's more that rises in the morning than the sun And … [Continue reading]
"Lesotho, is the world's highest country – no part of it lies below 1,400m above sea level – and one of its most beautiful. Its mountains and valleys are peppered with horsemen wearing conical straw hats and traditional blankets fastened with giant … [Continue reading]
Jake, beloved collie, goes crazy, once procrastinating me starts saying, "I really must walk." So, grandiloquently & euphemistically, I now call it a run (hey, I struggle to jog!). He's learnt "run." So Roy patronizingly calls it my "wun." My … [Continue reading]
It's really one of the biggies, isn't it, and a choice which determines our days, and how they are spent. For instance, Roy's car needed fixing last week. He wanted me to follow him to the garage in my car, and then drive him back. I hate driving, … [Continue reading]
I stayed up working too late in our conservatory last night--until 1.30 (crazy!!, writing, blogging, thinking, reading French). It was 32 during the day, then precipitiously dropped. I got a terrible cold sitting in the suddenly chilly room … [Continue reading]