Those of you who have been reading this blog for some time know my fondness for the words of R.S. Thomas. His words combine faith and doubt, certainty and mystery, sound and silence. His wife, Mildred “Elsie” Eldridge (for 51 years until her death) was a well regarded English Artist and book illustrator. They sharedContinue reading “THE WAY OF IT”
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Café Gratitude
Recently, I was visiting Kansas City for a couple of days. When I drove past Café Gratitude I just had to stop and take a photo. It immediately reminded me of that lovely piece of prose in Mike McCormack’s novel Solar Bones – a piece I posted some three years ago. Then, and today, IContinue reading “Café Gratitude”
Something Completely Different
In my last post I was talking a little about Haggis. So “now for something completely different” as was often the refrain of Monty Python’s Flying Circus! Staying in much lighter mood I have turned to the poems of Billy Collins who so often takes the very ordinary moments and scenes of life and turnsContinue reading “Something Completely Different”
Message in a bottle!
Today I wish to take you to the seaside. Remember, all those summer days over many years, when you spent some time dipping your toe in the water. Perhaps you wondered for a moment or two, where has this water come from, where did it begin, how many miles has it travelled, is the tideContinue reading “Message in a bottle!”
Prayers, Poems, and Christian Ponderings 