After two days of very hot and humid weather, a storm swept up from the Illawarra through Sydney early this evening: and what a storm it was!
I was driving to trivia [where we redeemed our previous poor efforts for the year and managed 2nd: and congratulations and many years to our compere who is [...]
Reports today that this
is being demoted; and its replacement?:
How dull. How very dull.
The current logo, which is a Lissajous curve, was designed by graphic designer Bill Kennard who won a staff competition in 1965. He was paid 25 pounds for the design. I am sure someone, somewhere, was payed a [...]
The Orient Express.
The Canadian Rocky Mountaineer.
The Trans-Siberian Express.
The Indian-Pacific.
If any of these have set your imagination racing, if the magic of train travel has cast its spell on you, you may be interested in an ABC [our ABC, not the Americans'!] podcast series: The Great Train Show, hosted by our former Deputy Prime Minister Tim [...]
On January 30, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Synaxis of the Ecumenical Teachers and Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom. The Troparion and Kontakion for the day show the importance of these three great luminaries of the 4th Century Church:
Troparion – Tone 1:
Let us who love their words gather together
and [...]
Troparion:
Let the Multitudes of monastics and cenobites
honour our divinely-shining pillars and protectors and intercessors,
divine Ephraim and Isaac who are truly of Christ.
And let us glorify them with hymns, while crying:
“Glory to Him Who has sanctified you;
glory to Him Who has made you wonderful;
glory to Him Who has glorified you both in heaven and on earth.”
A [...]
Tomorrow, my niece, Skye, turns 3. 3!?!? How did that happen!?!?
As a good uncle, I have a lot of presents to give. I also went to our local Michel’s and ordered the butterfly cup-cake holder [and cup-cakes of course!] currently on the front-page for her tomorrow. Unfortunately I will be in [...]
Despite the title of this blog, explorations of, and even mentions of, Orthodoxy have been missing for a while. I am still in the Orthodox church, still happy there: though I feel this is one of those ‘dry patches’ which seem a frequent occurrence in my spiritual life: or what passes as a spiritual [...]
A film I wanted to see, but one I didn’t realise would be as great as I found it to be.
Ellen Page is simply fantastic as the smart-talking take-no-nonsense Juno: I hadn’t seen her act before, but I will now be keeping an eye out for her. Michael Cera also plays a great character [...]
How I spent the afternoon of Australia Day, with two friends. A lovely day, and a very beautiful spot of Sydney for canoeing.
On the topic of Australia Day, I do not know if it is just me, but I seem to be seeing far more flags and clothing with our flag on it than [...]
Well, the Italian Opposition does.
The video link on that page shows them in all their glory, with the speaker(?) — sorry, my knowledge of Italian government is non-existent [save for the fact I know PMs and governments don't last long!] — earnestly trying to halt them.
Love it.