Had this weird dream involving Eric Idle, rollerblading nuns and some morris dancers.
Oh, wait a minute…..
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The hospice in Ardire has five white candles – none of which have yet been lit – decorated not with greenery but purple and pink cloth. While at St Mark’s we seem to be following the Swedish tradition – maybe it is the shape of the building, or maybe it is because my name is Scandinavian – we have the five candles in a straight line with just the metal stand during Advent the greenery being added at Christmas.
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Now that would be an idea for the Cathedral for next year……………
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Light
Rejoice, rejoice – the light is coming back. The shortest day is past. I hate the darkness at this time of year. I've never understood why Christmas misses the solstice by just a couple of days. It would make more sense to me if they were one and the same. I find the idea of…
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Cat's Christmas Carol
Tilly received a Christmas Card on Sunday. It features the Blessed Virgin holding the Christ-Child who is looking downwards to where a cat is sitting beside a bowl. The card bears the following rhyme by Dorothy Sayers: All praise to His bountiful name!I do not know why He came;But I'm sure this is true -…
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Headlines
I can forgive the Scottish Sun quite a lot for headlines like the one they are using today – You Can be Sure of Chelle. This, of course is next to a picture of Michelle McManus, whom they think will win Pop Idol.
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di-dah-dah-di-dah-dit
A new morse code abbreviation has just been announced – in case you need to know, the @ symbol was lacking a morse abbreviation, and of course it is being used much more often these days for e-mail addresses. If you need to know, the new abbreviation is di-dah-dah-di-dah-dit which is the letters A and…
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