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As I went down in the river to prayStudying about that good ol’ wayAnd who shall wear the starry crown?Good Lord show me the way I first remember listening to this song in the film ‘O Brother Where Art Thou’. The Alison Kraus version is wonderful; I enjoy this version from our own local concertContinue reading “Down to the River to Pray”

The Southwold Maize Maze, cut from a large field of maize, has been an annual tourist attraction for many years. Yesterday’s Lowestoft Journal revealed that this year’s, due to open next Saturday, features a lifeboat in the centre surrounded by swirling stormy seas, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Apparently ‘Maze’Continue reading “Responding to the Amazing!”

Musing on words from Ecclesiastes: The race is not to the swift    or the battle to the strong,nor does food come to the wise    or wealth to the brilliant    or favour to the learned;but time and chance happen to them all. …Life’s not just about the quickest, strongest, richest, cleverest or most powerful… Many sporting headlines this weekContinue reading “Making the Headlines”

Last night ‘Fabba’, a theatre company for adults with learning disabilities, presented their summer variety show. This wonderful evening of singing, dancing, laughter and fun included ‘My Way’… As a young man I heard ‘My Way’ in the late 60s. A strong Frank Sinatra looks back over a good life and takes responsibility for theContinue reading “My Way”

Yesterday morning: Remember Well: …Chatting with Jack about good people, good memories. Sometimes my memories just focus on the bad stuff… the need to remember well. Let Go Well: We talked about restrictions brought by age and infirmity. Things we used to do but can’t do now… I can live with regret, focus on myContinue reading “Go Well”

There was a picture of my friend Chris in last weekend’s local paper, handing over a cheque to a mother and her son… I met Chris yesterday afternoon and asked him to tell me the story. At some point I heard ‘autistic dog’. I deliberately misunderstood, imagining a lovely but challenging dog that needed particularContinue reading “Deliberate Misunderstanding”

We’re often warned against ‘putting all our eggs in one basket’, because if you drop your basket, you’d break all your eggs. Eggs should be divided among several different baskets…. However sometime a single basket approach is required: When I go married fifty-two years ago I didn’t consider the multiple basket approach… When an ambulanceContinue reading “The Single Basket Approach”

I remember this old hymn from my childhood. I’ve heard it presented in many ways; to me it’s not a carefully crafted choir piece – it’s a powerful story that must be told simply… There were ninety and nine that safely layIn the shelter of the fold;But one was out on the hills away,Far offContinue reading “There Were Ninety And Nine”

Love’s Patience: Yesterday afternoon we went to Ipswich to watch the young people of ‘Co-op Juniors’ performing Les Misérables. They did an excellent job telling the well known story of poverty, justice, loyalty, honour, redemption, and above all love. The show ends with Marius and Cossette’s wedding. Both have come through troubles and trials; bothContinue reading “Lessons in Love”

We woke up this morning to the news that Labour have won the general election with a huge majority. The Liberal Democrats are delighted with their results. I just watched a TV analysis; they’re saying that it’s not that Labour have won, more that Conservatives have lost, and their votes have been distributed around otherContinue reading “Politics – Military or Musical?”