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Greater love hath no man…
The title of this post refers to a very well known line from John’s Gospel: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” The surrounding lines provide a bit of context – it’s part of a statement made by Jesus, shortly before he goes in to
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And so in to 2017
My attitude towards New Year’s Eve this year was summed up rather well when I went to Asda this afternoon to buy ‘the boys’ – our 2 cats, Jarvis and Marvin – some cooked chicken. They like this as a treat, and whilst New Year’s Day lunch will feature roast beef, the boys just don’t
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Memories of a Sunday afternoon
Since I turned 50, I’ve occasionally found my thoughts turning back towards my childhood and adolescence. I’ve no idea why – my parents are both dead, I’m estranged from my biological family and have no childhood friends around to make me think of those times. Maybe I’m being a good Jungian and ‘looking inward’, or
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Today me, tomorrow you
A few weeks ago I wrote this Blog Post around the theme of Today You, Tomorrow Me, a ‘pay it forward’ sentiment summed up in the attitude of someone doing a favour for someone on the ground of ‘Today you need help, tomorrow it could be me needing help’. Well, me being me started thinking about
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Want, wear, read, need?
This is a post about Christmas presents. The timing and planning is somewhat off – I intended to write this about 3 weeks ago. If you’re still contemplating buying Christmas gifts now, either swiftly go to Amazon or run away from the computer and find your local stores… In this article on the BBC website,
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Adulting….
In recent years I’ve heard the word ‘adulting’ used to describe various types of behaviour. I have to say that when I first heard it, I thought it was being used in a joking manner, but it appears that some folks use it seriously. According to the ‘urban dictionary’ website, the verb ‘To Adult’ has
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The mysterious chicken….
I’m blessed with having a number of caring friends who often surprise me with their generosity. Recent gifts have included fleece’s, scarves, choocolate by the barrow load and…well…a raw chicken. Yesterday I returned from the day job to be greeted by my wife who said ‘There is a very strange parcel in the kitchen for us.’
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Small fires in jam jars
By the time I got interested in radio and electronics – when I was about 10 years old, in the early 1970s, most new radios and TVs weren’t using valves anymore; you’d still find old stuff in junk stores (or in the homes of older relatives) that were stuffed with valves, and TV sets still
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Stamped out….
When I was a kid in the 1960s – even through my teenage years – one of the things that often seemed to start getting publicised at this time of year was the charitable stamp collection. The idea was that you’d be asked to save the stamps that came your way on letters, cards, parcels,