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The life and thoughts of Freda Marshall, a retired Church of Scotland minister living amongst the mountains and glens of Argyll.Pages
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Books you have read
This list from BBC3 is going round the internet and facebook like a rash. I just can’t avoid it any longer, so here goes. For Instructions: • Copy this list. • Bold those books you’ve read in their entirety. • … Continue reading
Picture Perfect
Picture Perfect is one of Jodi Picoult’s earlier novels, originally published in America in 1995 and now published by Hodder and Stoughton in the UK. It’s always hard with her books to tell much of the story because then the … Continue reading
Getting to church
Getting to church today is going to mean several layers of clothes and hiking boots. That is always providing there is no more snow overnight. A peaceful Sunday to all my readers. Keep warm if you are in the frozen … Continue reading
What a difference a day makes
Yesterday was very cold but sunny with it. Misty had not been able to get out for several days so we took the opportunity to go to Loch Etive, a nearby sea loch. The bonus was seeing this heron waiting … Continue reading
The right kind of church
Thanks to Rev Shuna for pointing me to this advice. The full blog post can be found here. I’d love to know what you think. Here is a step-by-step plan for how to get more young people into the church: … Continue reading
Mouse Patrol
Him Behind The Wheel became the Mouse Patrol Officer this morning. That meant getting the ladder out of the garage through the snow and climbing into the loft to check the poison. (Sorry, No way can I cope with human … Continue reading
Celtic Prayer
Sacred Space 2011 arrived in time for the start of Advent – excellent! I ordered from amazon.com and it came from amazon Germany. (Possibly because of a large USA army force resident there?) The prayer at the beginning is an … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic prayer, Sacred Space, Snowy statue, spirituality
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25th
This has been a lovely weekend, friends were staying for a couple of nights just prior to their 25th Wedding Anniversary. We shared lots of good food, (thanks to HBTW for marvellous meals;) good conversation ranging on shared memories over … Continue reading
Fall of Giants
If I say to you that at times I wanted the giants to hurry up and fall, then you’ve got a fair idea of what this review is going to be like. Having given Ken Follet’s earlier book, World Without … Continue reading
Birthday Blessings
Blessings have been very much on my mind as I think about blogging friends and family who celebrate Thanksgiving. As you probably know already, Misty is a very special part of our lives. Today is her fifth birthday and she … Continue reading