Perhaps this blog needs a change of name, say, for the next 18 years, while my nieces grow up.
[Though Exploring Orthodoxy is perhaps not an accurate blog title anyway, given that I ramble on at anything that catches my eye!]
Thank you all for the congratulations and wishes on the post below. To [...]
Born at 20:26 on Friday, August 29[*]; 3.2kg and 49cm. A bit of confusion as to labour time last night, but all was revealed today: 1 hour. My sister was rather pleased about that. She also commented on the superb nature of the midwives: she was truly very happy with their kindness [...]
Kerensa, and any others interested, the book on world languages and linguistics that I could not recall at work [yes, naughty me: blogging at work! ] yesterday is Empires of the Word by Nicholas Ostler. Looking forward to reading it.
And Skye loves Where is the Green Sheep?: superb and entertaining illustrations as well.
Thank you for all the kind comments on the post below; much appreciated.
No news on my second niece as yet; mum was due Tuesday and is off to the obstetrician this afternoon.
A colleague gave me three Golden Books for Skye, which have added to the five or so I have already brought her and the [...]
Hurrah, and thanks be to God.
I think I did alright; by the time all three of us had finished, with me going last, it was past 9pm so there wasn’t much time for feedback. I shot off an e-mail to our lecturer asking for a critique and suggestions for improvements.
The other two gentlemen who [...]
Via a Crikey article, a link to a New York Times article: the diaries of George Orwell are being published daily in blog form here.
The entry The New York Times started with seems to me very much in the spirit of blogging:
Aug. 12 began as a hot morning in Aylesford, Kent, England, only to be [...]
My, how hard it is to get going. So many things can capture my attention to draw me away from various uni assessments.
Persepolis was one such distraction: but what a fine distraction it was. To me, proof that the “latest and greatest” animation is not needed for a moving, challenging and [...]
One of the many joys about my journey in the Orthodox Church is discovering the lives of the people, and the life of the Church, after the first Apostles were either martyred or died of natural causes. I had not given much thought before as to who was involved or what occurred past the [...]
First: a return to the local council gym/pool, after a break of far too many weeks. Of course, the class times have changed, though I wasn’t expecting what was actually on at 15:30 yesterday: Revolution Cycle. A class where, to music, you ride exercise bikes, increasing the resistance and moving between sprints, slow [...]
Same prescription as two years ago, but a new look. [And you can see the bend in them from my fall two Sundays ago]. I also, finally, replaced my prescription sunglasses — which I lost a good many years ago. Rather foolish perhaps not having sunglasses given where I live, but I [...]