Hello!
I’m all moved in! Hoorah! And I’m greatly enjoying it.
Click on the photo to the left to see some photos of my place.
My internet won’t be connected until late next week, so you’ll be free of me until then! Enjoy the peace and quiet. I’m missing reading all of your blogs: [...]
I’m moving my large items [bed, desk, bookshelves] down tomorrow. I’m also having the new fridge and washing machine delivered. It’ll be nice to have a Thursday off work!
My colleagues have been very generous in scoping out things for me to do in Bargo and surrounds. They’ve hit the websites and discovered:
Dracula’s [...]
More books. As if the eight waiting to be read aren’t enough.
But I’m happy. Love books. Three bookshelves are going down with me when I move. Miss Lisa may love High Heels and Hardware : for me it’s books!
I joined the SVS Press Club earlier this year [I blame James [...]
I’m moving out of Sydney and heading down to Bargo, a town in the Wollondilly Shire. I start moving my things in this Thursday.
I’m looking forward to seeing what life might be like in a rural-type setting. Bargo is a very small town, and it will be interesting to see if I can [...]
Today is the Sunday of The Prodigal Son for Eastern-Rite Orthodox [those of the Western-Rite follow the same calendar as the "western" liturgical churches do]. A well-known story, and a timely reminder of God’s infinite mercy, grace and love — even when we go astray.
Some wonderful hymns for the Sunday of the Prodigal Son, [...]
Michael of Sarisburium will, God willing, be baptised and chrismated tomorrow [Sunday 19th] into the Orthodox Church. He headed off on a personal pilgrimage to the tomb of St Bertram and he will also bring back some water to add to the font. Please remember him in your prayers.
God grant you many, many [...]
A bit of amusement at the beginning of class. Despite finishing at page 4 last week, we were told to read pages 40-47. It seemed like a bit of a jump, but we thought, “Hey, maybe we’re covering this first.” It was very difficult. Reading was alright, but understanding it was [...]
Congratulations to Dale Begg-Smith, former Canadian now Australian, who won Australia’s first gold of the Torino Olympics in the Men’s Moguls. It’s only our third gold in the Winter Olympics: Alisa Camplin won Aeriel Freestyle and Steven Bradbury (Short Track) in 2002. Steven won as everyone else fell over: we’re still laughing [...]
One of the books I’m reading at the moment is Eamon Duffy’s The Stripping of the Altars — which fellow blogger Philippa got for free from her professor! (I paid $34.95 for mine — though I’m not complaining: it’s rather large — around 600 pages excluding references and index — and very good). The [...]
A property has come up that is both affordable (in Sydney terms!) and close to the hall we currently rent for Church.
Discussions with the owners are on-going.
Please pray for us.