New Year’s Day has mostly been spent with my family, which is an unexpected delight, since the planned Christmas reunion was on Boxing Day (a day spent in bed, ill).…
Secret Santa and Christmas dinner this evening. Here’s a picture of, what I consider, the best present of the bunch, along with its lucky new owner, Scott. A painting of…
An evening carol service over in Fenham gave me a chance to snap a pic of last year’s Relay workers alongside this year’s. Wee, blonde, bespectacled, wearing matching snoods, and…
I’m away in Wensleydale at the very favourite Northern Biblical Evangelism Conference. The view is particularly lovely. In summary: pretty.
I recently bought myself some St Andrews 600 year memorabilia. Particularly good for hanging out in the stash haven that is Durham. In summary: loyalty.
I like things to be beautiful, which I suppose is pretty ordinary. The mystery is why I find certain things beautiful, and certain things not. What I especially care about…
Today was the second week of the new knitting group, and I used the the opportunity to do a bit more work on the fingerless gloves I’m knitting for my…
I came across some photos that I’d forgotten about. Out for coffee with Phoebe, she picks up the table adverts, puts them on like armbands, and then demands a photo.…
Becky Manley Pippert tells a story about being in her car, stopped at some traffic lights, next to another car. As the lights turned green she noticed the driver of…
Every year, Saturday night at Newcastle CU Houseparty involves games and costumes and, occasionally, a rave. Since I have worked with the CU the themes have been ‘school days’ and…
surrounded by clouds 