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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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Thanksgiving
Quite a number of the blogs I read regularly are from the USA and of course there is a lot of chatter right now about Thanksgiving. What a wonderful holiday to have and celebrate; realistically I suppose it is better … Continue reading
Embracing change
Part of my meditation and prayer routine is to use the prayer suggestions produced by the Jesuits in Indiana, USA. And most years I have managed to buy this online via amazon. Unfortunately this year it seems to only be … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Book Reviews, Poems and Prayers
Tagged Advent, Church Year, Prayer, Sacred Space, spirituality
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Interaction
Bedtime reading is habitually a diary or journal – the favourites being those of May Sarton. She found literary fame in her final years, principally through the journals, which then led people to go back to her novels and poems. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, blogging
Tagged connectivity, diaries, Doris Grumbach, journals, May Sarton, poetry, writing
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Amazing or what?
Thanks to Julie for posting this on her facebook page. What are your thoughts on this? Note to any grandchildren straying onto this page today: – Don’t try it! You can read an interview with Danny here.
Chocolate cake and Kings
Today has been one of those nothing days, you get up, it is light, you sit down, you do one or two emails, you look up and it is dark. And what has been achieved? Nothing very much. Actually that … Continue reading
Posted in Blog
Tagged Chocolate cake, Coeliac disease, Divine, engagement, gluten-free, God, Kate Middleton, mystery, Prince William, spirituality, The Force
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As near as a prayer
Sometimes all we need to do is to look around us at the beauty of creation, then when we take a breath we know that we are connected with one another throughout the world. Your joys are my joys and … Continue reading
Grandma
The computer’s swallowed grandma, Yes, honestly, it’s true. She pressed ‘control’and ‘enter’ And disappeared from view. It devoured her completely. The thought just makes me squirm. She must have caught a virus, Or been eaten by a worm. I’ve searched … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poems and Prayers
Tagged computers, computing, Grandmothers, Valerie Waite
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Wet Friday
This is making me smile today, despite all the wet. I did wonder about having a naming competition, but for now she is Fluffy? Do you see the resemblance?
Armistice Day
At 11am today millions of people kept a 2mins silence to mark the end of the 1st World War. I looked at my watch too late, but this blog post is a way of remembering all those who die in … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, Armistice Day, God, peace, Prayer, Remembrance, spirituality, terrorism, Wars
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Common-sense Wisdom
During my journeys through cyberspace I came across this link for an article in the Huffington Post. I had never encountered Rabbi Shmuley Boteach before, so I looked up his website and was impressed with his common-sense approach to life … Continue reading