Three new books, one re-read and one book finished after many, many months. With winter only a few hours away [though wintry weather Sydney-style [grey clouds; rain; cool nights] has been with us for a few days], thoughts are now turning to reading in bed with a nice cup of hot Milo.
Soul Music – [...]
From a visit last night…
[yes...still wear PJs ]
Those who suffer reading my status updates on Facebook as well as subjecting themselves to my ramblings here will know this week has been a tough one: I’ve survived on five or less hours of [interrupted] sleep most evenings, with 6 Thursday night which at least helped me get through Friday. Not sure if [...]
Troparion – Tone 4:
O Christ God, You have ascended in Glory,
Granting joy to Your disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit.
Through the blessing they were assured
That You are the Son of God,
The Redeemer of the world!
Kontakion – Tone 6:
When You had fulfilled the dispensation for our sake,
and united earth to heaven:
You ascended in glory, [...]
It is 20:20, and I am at work. Consultants are upgrading the disks on our server: the work began at 11:30 today, and since 19:15 the database has been down while files and such are moved about. It could be an extra one hour…it could be an extra three…I wait for the call [...]
Children of Paradise, a 1945 French film I watched this afternoon.
At almost 3 hours, this is an intense movie, but one that is so amazing, so beautiful, so poetic even, that it held my rapt attention for almost every minute of its entirety. Everyday life, with its themes of love, jealousy, deception, grief, class [...]
The blessings continued last night and tonight with me spending [too short, always too short!] time with my nieces.
Eden is crawling now…and can go like a rocket at times. Last night, Skye wanted to play tea sets and picnics and told me we would have to go to her room as Eden destroys things. [...]
I packed up to leave work around 17:30, overheard a conversation, participated in it, one thing led to another, one person left, one remained, we kept talking, and it was 18:30 when we left. But it was a great conversation to have: and one I needed. I was able to be honest about [...]
The Christian life has always been a struggle towards perfection. Yet the recommended modes of change have been very damaging, either metamorphosis, where the old self was expected to graft onto a supernatural level and become abruptly sanctified, or moral surgery, whereby the undesired dimensions of one’s life were cut out. Such externalist [...]
Tagged by Victoria over two weeks back; finally getting around it.
What are you current obsessions?
Georgia. With my tour less than a month away [yipee!!], I am reading The Lives of the Georgian Saints [thanks John for the recommendation] and Ali and Nino: A Love Story [recommended by the tour director]. I also have [...]