Category Archives: Blog

You know what it is like: a perfect Sunday. You go to church – somebody else is leading the service so that is even better. You come home and tackle the Sunday papers over a second cup of coffee. Break … Continue reading →

I am well into the world of spells and wands and horcruxes……. Yes, I am halfway through the last Harry Potter book. A bit too dark for my taste, but it is a children’s book after all, and therefore will … Continue reading →

The morning has been spent making phone calls in connection with what used to be my working life. I am currently in locum parentis for an islands parish and have been trying to set up locum cover for next month. … Continue reading →

You have your shower, make sure you are wearing clean socks and turn up at the medical centre in plenty of time for an eleven-twenty chiropody appointment. The receptionist looks terribly worried. It turns out you are twenty-four hours early. … Continue reading →

Have just spent a couple of days visiting Son #2 and his family. Misty wasn’t sure if she enjoyed being one of the pack – (there are three other dogs) – though following the horses and the tractor around induced … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s puzzle picture was a model of a charcoal burner. It was the basis of a whole industry in and around the oakwoods of Argyll. and supplied charcoal for the iron furnace in the eighteenth century. I think.

So – OK what is this then?

I know the language is sexist, but the sentiment is worthwhile. The man who has a great God is little in his own eyes BUT the man who comes to know God as He is, becomes nothing in his own … Continue reading →

Told you it wasn’t difficult!

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