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The Little Monk and the Fourth-Rate Bass Player
Brennan Manning tells the story of a monastery that attracted the most gifted, competent monks. One small monk couldn’t relate to the dignified holy worship of the other monks. He felt inadequate. He’d been a common circus performer. Feeling inferior and alone, whilst the other monks were celebrating high mass each day in the sanctuary,…
Hard Times Come Again No More
When I was teaching, I introduced the children to a number of Stephen Foster songs – Beautiful Dreamer, Camptown Races, O Susannah… This week I’ve been reminded of the old Stephen Foster Song ‘Hard Times Come Again No More’. Let us pause in life’s pleasures and count its many tears,While we all sup sorrow with…
Bill, Badger and Bagpipes
Three things from yesterday… …Reflecting on ‘Buffalo Bill Comes to Lowestoft’: Local musician John Ward’s research on Buffalo Bill’s huge, spectacular Wild West Show coming to Lowestoft in 1903 included several quotes from Buffalo Bill Cody. In particular: ‘In nine out of ten cases where there is trouble with white men and Indians, it will…
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