When the stream of our lives Seems to vanish into desert sands,and we wonder if we've lost our way, When between our talent and output,Between our aspiration and achievement.Falls the shadowWhen we have planted much and finished littleAnd we wonder … [Continue reading]
The Lowest Bar there ever was
Image Credit “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, and he was called God’s friend” James 2.23. Cool! Isn’t that the lowest bar there ever was? All one needs to do to be the friend of Him who dwells in high … [Continue reading]
The First Rumours of Spring in my garden!
Bluebells (wood hyacinths) popping upThese snowdrops have been in flower for several weeks.Tiny yellow flowers on this shrub.Please identify!!Winter aconite in the leaf litter Arum italicum -- just leaves at the moment, but produce white or pale … [Continue reading]
Ash Wednesday by T.S. Eliot
Listen to Eliot read, or rather chant or intone Ash Wednesday here.I append a few passages from the long (still copyrighted) poem. The new years walk restoringThrough a bright cloud of tears, the years, restoringWith a new verse the … [Continue reading]
Memories of Half-term: Waterfowl and beaches near the New Forest
Well, we're well and truly back from a restful, creative, contemplative break by the sea. I love the sea, and try to get there as often as I can. It renews me, and fills me with creative thoughts, and perspective. And here are a few more photographs … [Continue reading]
What I am taking up and giving up for Lent
Image CreditI don’t believe I have given up anything for Lent (well, for the whole of Lent) since I was a novice in Mother Teresa’s convent. (Entering that convent was my teenage rebellion!)As I’ve written, I had entirely too much of Catholicism and … [Continue reading]
Can 140 characters make anything happen?
Poetry makes nothing happen, Auden wrote despairingly. And can tweets, 140 curt characters, make anything happen? Yes, they can.* * *The precious jewels I hold in my heart, which change the way I see and think and live, are all … [Continue reading]
365 Project: A walk in the New Forest
A cheerful breakfast before a walk in the woods.A New Forest pony causes a minor traffic jamA lovely leafless gladeLots of interesting treesThe crown of a single treeThere is plenty of interest in the leaf litter.A sprig of lichenMoss growing on … [Continue reading]
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