Look at this passage from A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving "There was undeniably a feline quality to my mother--never in the sly or stealthy sense of the word, but in the word’s other catlike qualities:a clean, sleek, self-possessed, … [Continue reading]
A new favourite form of relaxation
I am generally someone who finds doing something relaxing, and "relaxing" by doing nothing stressful. However, as the busyness of my life increases in lock-step with my age, I keep discovering new ways to thoroughly relax. Here's one: Come in from a … [Continue reading]
Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now, A.E. Housman
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now, Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands above the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide. Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again, And take from seventy springs a … [Continue reading]
Spiritual lessons from gardening
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. NIV So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up. … [Continue reading]
Spring and the English
I enjoyed my intensive French course this weekend. We were asked what our favourite season was. Interestingly, all the English people (and I) chose spring. All the foreigners (from Columbia, Spain, Japan, South Africa) chose summer. The English … [Continue reading]
The glories of a complex sentence, Janet Frame, To the Is-land
I LOVE this sentence from Janet Frame, so rich in ideas and experience. There are 23 clauses, 23 little details in this single sentence. Of course, no one is going to read it carefully, take in all she is telling us, but I suspect she was writing for … [Continue reading]
George Herbert–The Collar
¶ The Collar. I Struck the board, and cry’d, No more. I will abroad. What? shall I ever sigh and pine?My lines and life are free; free as the rode, Loose as the winde, as large as … [Continue reading]
William Carey–“I can plod. To this I owe everything.”
William Carey is often attributed the title ‘Father of Modern Missions’. He was born into a desperately poor family, and consequently obtained a poor education. He was apprenticed as shoemaker, but simply did not make the grade. He tried his … [Continue reading]
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