Monthly Archives: May 2005

This is a story about a sleepy cat See the picture.  He isn't really asleep!

Inert and limp it layalmost as if sleeping.But no breath and no warmth,obscene almost in its brilliant green and yellowdashed against the dark brown earth…… A siskin, having tried to fly into the window. Looks as if I may have … Continue reading →

The Danish philosopher Kierkegaard wrote the following prayer ….. Father in heaven, when the thought of you wakes in our hearts,let it not wake like a frightened birdthat flies about in dismay,but like a child waking from its sleepwith a … Continue reading →

It has been mainly a damp week in Dalamory.  a gale past through in the night, but more is forecast for the next few days, and guess who is sailing up to the Western Isles in the coming week. No … Continue reading →

I'm into reading anything lying around at the moment, so am two thirds of the way through a fascinating novel about the B17 Flying Fortress bombers of World War II. It has been making me think of all the people … Continue reading →

Talking of Bambi……… As a 3 or 4 year old my mother took me to see the Disney Film. When Bambi got trapped in the forest fire and his mother was killed, I howled the place down and had to … Continue reading →

I've got a copy of the new church hymnary (CH4) and am playing my way through it bit by bit. It has taken a while for me to get used to the not-quite-big-enough print of the music score. But it … Continue reading →

Picture this – the dog asks to go out and I duly oblige. She takes o­ne look at the enormous moon rising above the trees and gives a low Woof!  A startled deer bounds over the fence and heads for … Continue reading →

Dentist this morning. Enough said!

One of the books o­n my bookshelf at the moment is 7 Steps to the Simple Life bt Maria Van Eyk McCain. She aks the reader to ponder what the phrase “simple life” means for them. I agree with her … Continue reading →