Momento mori
The last few weeks have been tough for us. Between hubby and I, we have lost three friends and my uncle: one of hubby's friends from Camera Club, two of my Kinleith friends/colleagues, and my uncle....
View ArticleHobbiton
Life is made up of memories, I have decided. Memories that stack up into a lifetime of journeys and fun.Today we went to visit the Hobbiton movie set near Matamata, as a birthday present for hubby and...
View ArticleMissing liturgy
A while ago, I reflected on whether it was possible to be homesick for a place I have only been once. I concluded it was eminently possible: Canterbury Cathedral has so stamped itself on my heart that...
View ArticleGod of love
This prayer was on the Canterbury Cathedral website today. It spoke to me and I want to savour it. God of love,we pray you give us love:Love in our thinking, love in our speaking,love in our doing and...
View ArticleSpeaking faith
Tonight I am sitting here in the cold of an autumn night with the cat next to me on the arm of my chair, reflecting on a blog post I have just read. John Shore has rapidly become one of my heroes of...
View ArticleFrosty
Last night I was re-reading some of my favourite poetry by Robert Frost, the American 20th century poet who is probably most famous for his poem 'The Road Less Travelled' - the one that ends 'Two roads...
View ArticleI have been there
One of my uni friends loaned me 84 Charing Cross Road many years ago when I was a student. I didn't know the author at all but immediately resonated with her love of all things literature and all...
View ArticleA face lift
I thought it was time that the blog had another face-lift: it's all about redecorating at present and so it seemed a good thing for the blog to get all pretty too.Hubby has just finished decorating the...
View ArticleBooking
The last few nights have been rather fun. After our big trip to the UK in January, we decided we wanted to preserve the photos in a more permanent way than the usual photo album or digitally on hubby's...
View ArticleBooks: the breath of life
The last two weeks have been pretty busy and a bit stressful, so I have been finding a bit of peace and quiet in a couple of books: a favourite, and a new book by a favourite author. The old favourites...
View ArticleBlack Madonna
I had a hammer-to-the-head moment today. This last couple of weeks since the house went on the market have been insanely crazy, and I've really struggled to keep my focus on what really matters to...
View ArticleCamino di Compostella
The calendar tells me it's 16 September, over a month since I last posted. I can believe it. I thought today would be a day of craziness, but in the end the auction scheduled for today was cancelled...
View ArticleAnd we're here...
The world is full of light: the lights of the valley below, the twinkly lights on the banister of our balcony that we put up for Advent. Stars. Sunsets. Huge moons that look like great gold pieces. Our...
View ArticleBack home by another way
Okay, I'm back. You may have wondered why it's been almost a year since I've blogged here. Lots of reasons: work - I was on a busy fixed-term contract and am now working fulltime in consulting again;...
View ArticleHagia Sophia, holy Sophia, wholly God
This year promises to be an interesting one. As part of seeing the new year in, the whanau and I reflected on what our dreams were for 2017, and what the best thing was from 2016. For me, the dreams...
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I will not participate in my own invisibility
I saw that quote today, and I like it.Today has been a day of me deciding that I will stand up for what matters to me. I heard about the "Women's March on Washington" in protest of the inauguration of...
View ArticleFrom dust to stardust
From dust you are, and to dust you shall return. Ash Wednesday liturgyWe have calcium in our bonesIron in our veinsCarbon in our soulsAnd nitrogen in our brains.93 percent stardustWith souls made of...
View ArticleSkating the dark moon
I am watching the Olympic men's figure skating, one of my favourite things to see. I only get to see figure skating every 4 years, when the Winter Olympics is on. There is something so beautiful about...
View ArticleStorm warning
Tonight feels a little weird. Ex-tropical Cyclone Gita is bearing down on us, and we're just sitting waiting for it to arrive. It will make landfall somewhere between Westport and Wellington, although...
View ArticleDiscovering a feminine Godde
“And the Lord said…” preached the priest at the parish I was attending, and suddenly, everything changed. “Why does it have to be “the lord”?” I thought. “We know God is above and beyond gender, but I...
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