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Yesterday I was musing on: There’s a place for usA time and a place for usPeace and quiet and open air….Somewhere Apart from the Covid news… Yesterday a friend was sitting with Aunt Michelle who is very sick with cancer; I was speaking to another friend about Ben whose wife has just died; and IContinue reading “Nowhere…. Now-here”

There’s a place for usSomewhere a place for usPeace and quiet and open airWait for us somewhere. The song ‘Somewhere’ comes from ‘West Side Story’, the 1957 stage show and 1961 film. Written as a modern take on ‘Romero and Juliet, it tells the story of Tony and Maria who come from opposing New YorkContinue reading “Somewhere”

Musing that last night’s television was about winners… There were talent shows with people trying to demonstrate that they were the best. There were game shows where people wanted to win the most. And then there was football…. There is great emphasis on being a winner. Abba sung: ‘The winner takes it all, The loser’sContinue reading “Who’s the Winner?”

This week we’ve been on holiday in North Norfolk. Apologies if you don’t know that beautiful part of England…. Last Saturday we were home in Lowestoft. The sea was grey and grumpy. It was just like many friends – grey and grumpy. Sunday we were in Brancaster. There were strong winds and angry waves. SomeContinue reading “The Friend – Sea Watching Game”

My nephew Benjamin is about to open a health dispensary in Ouolo, in The Ivory Coast. It’s an exciting project, in an rural area of significant need, which has been planned for many months…. I have never been to Africa, let alone The Ivory Coast…. From my earliest years I can remember missionaries who broughtContinue reading “Benjamin, The Ivory Coast and Me”

We have extended our ornithological knowledge, joining proper bird-watchers at Titchwell and Pensthorpe. Our two brains together identified avocet, dunlin, sanderling, oyster catcher, redshank…    A lady advised us, ‘If you want to learn more, ask the person with the most expensive looking equipment.’ We did. We then managed bar-tailed godwit, purple sandpiper, ringed plover…Continue reading “Things I don’t know…”

Yesterday’s musing on the Choluteca Bridge seemed to resonate with a number of folk… If our old bridges are secure and strong but useless, how do we build new bridges? Robert E. Quinn describes ‘Building the Bridge as you Walk on it’. Life presents a ‘chasm of uncertainty’ that we need to cross. There areContinue reading “Building the Bridge – with Robert, Paul and Brennan”

U.S. Army Engineers built a bridge over the Choluteca river in Honduras to withstand storms and hurricanes. In 1998 Hurricane Mitch brought floods, death and destruction to the area. 150 Honduran bridges were destroyed, but not the Choluteca Bridge. When the flood waters receded the hurricane had re-routed the river to flow through a newContinue reading “The Choluteca Bridge”

Musing on Paul telling his story in Acts 26: Raconteur: A small man in chains tells his story to the great and powerful. Religion: His education was the best – specialising in religious studies. Resistance: He opposed anything that wasn’t traditional truth – especially the Jesus story. Revelation: He met the living Jesus on theContinue reading “Telling the story”