Month: March 2021

Monday, March 29. WFH: DAY 65/LENT 34. 7.00 am: It was too drizzly and wind-swept to contemplate a walk into the forest. 7.45 am: A communion. I’d be clocking-off for a…

I learned to love the hard way. Friday, March 26. WFH: DAY 64/LENT 33. 6.45 am: There’d be no traipsing around on the forest floor for me this morning. The wind…

What was begun in honour will end in dishonour;And what was begun in joy will end in sorrow;And those who gave will take away.‘God is not mocked’. WFH: DAY 63/LENT…

‘He restoreth my soul’ (Psalm 23.3).Distract yourself from distracting thoughts. WFH: DAY 62/LENT 31. 7.30 am: On my walk homeward from the Parc, sunlight broke through the morning mist and raked…

WFH: DAY 61/LENT 30. The anniversary of the first lockdown. On the way through the roads and streets between my house and the entrance to Parc Natur Penglais, I passed…

‘One of the most important questions every artist has to ask is: “Is it worth persevering?”‘ (Yulia Mahr) Sunday, March 21. Passion Sunday and Census Day: The details of the…

Friday, March 19. WFH: DAY 58/LENT 27. 7.00 am: The morning mist was denser today. The ground squelched under foot; leaves and soil along the path were, now, indistinguishable —…

WFH: DAY 57/LENT 26. Yesterday evening, I opened an unexpected package.  It contained an egg flute (which is rather like a Xun) made by the cellist and maker of sound…

WFH: DAY 56/LENT 25. 7.30 am: ‘If you go down to the woods today …’. I was there in body, but my mind was elsewhere. (‘Be present, John!’, the voice scolded.)…

WFH: DAY 55/LENT 24. 7.30 am: Drizzledom: The daily amble would need to be postponed until later. 8.00 am: A communion. An impromptu staff meeting has been called for lunchtime…