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Daemonium Meridianum
Most of us are familiar with Psalm 90 (91) which is said every evening at Compline, that wonderful intimate Office that monks sing by heart in the darkness. As Christ was comforted and protected in the desert, despite the Devil … Continue reading
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A Long Time Ago
I have just received this from an aunt in Canada – my family in 1960. I am the tiny tot in my father’s arms and my mother is holding my sister Wendy. We were on a visit to my grandmother … Continue reading
Bad News
Last year, we acquired a Jack Russell puppy and named him Jeremy (Jerry). This morning, he got out of the garden and went on the road. He was run over by a car and was apparently killed instantly. He was … Continue reading
Saturnin
It was on this day in 1990, when I was at seminary, when someone gave the community a little duckling. The little fellow was something like the above photo, hatched out of an egg a very short time before. As … Continue reading
In the Midst of Life…
Something quite scary happened to me this morning. I woke up at about 5am needing to go to the bathroom. About two steps from the bed, my head reeled and my legs gave way under me – I had collapsed. … Continue reading
Fine Articles
I have been going through a bout of “writer’s block” for the past week – that and work, and not forgetting making a wooden patio in the garden. I have kept an eye on the blogosphere, and found that some … Continue reading
Off to England
I’m offline for a few days to visit my father up in the north of England. I will then be at our Diocesan Synod in Westminster next Saturday. This is a temps fort for our communion around our Bishop and … Continue reading
A reflection on Lent
Thinking about Lent now that it is over, I return to a favourite quote by Oscar Wilde as he suffered his incarceration in the 1890’s: Reformations in morals are as meaningless and vulgar as Reformations in theology. But while to … Continue reading
Chadwick – What does this name mean?
I don’t know if there are many Chadwick-s in the USA. The French are very amused, especially my wife who is French but took my surname on marrying me. She merely explains to friends that the name is about as … Continue reading
Dum esset Rex
This was an old joke, referring to an antiphon of the Vespers of Our Lady, between a liturgically articulate friend and myself when talking about my dog Rex. Dum esset rex in accubitu suo, nardus mea dedit odorem suavitatis. We … Continue reading
The Blue Flower 