Butterflies

Saturday, 20 February 2010, 23:26 | Category : Ramblings, Specials
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Most of you know that I lost my niece, Sindie, shortly before Christmas.  This post is especially for Livvie, Sindie’s fourteen year old daughter.  She’ll probably say this photo isn’t ‘cool’ enough, but I like it.

This is a video she made for her mum, using a selection of photos that hold a special place in [...]

Dona Nobis Pacem – BlogBlast for Peace

Thursday, 5 November 2009, 0:00 | Category : Ramblings, Specials
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Every time I do Blog Blast for Peace I think of a song I used to listen to, back in the early seventies. I haven’t been able to find it on YouTube.  This year I managed to get hold of an mp3 of it.  It’s written and sung by Tom Paxton and says it all [...]

World Vision – Alternative Gifts in the US

Friday, 14 November 2008, 22:53 | Category : Ramblings, Specials
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This is an update for those of you that live in the US and may be interested in alternative gifts.  Brad of ‘The Sound of a Soft Breath’ very kindly left a link to the same sort of ‘World Vision’ scheme that’s running in the US.
Thank you so much Brad

What will you get for Christmas?

Thursday, 13 November 2008, 18:21 | Category : Ramblings, Specials
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With Christmas coming very soon, I thought that I would post about this great ‘World Vision Gifts’ idea.
Instead of receiving lots of gifts that you don’t really want or need.  Gifts that will probably end up in the back of a drawer or cupboard until next year, when you can pass them on to other [...]

Dona Nobis Pacem

Thursday, 6 November 2008, 2:39 | Category : Specials
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In the words of a very old Tom Paxton song…..‘Peace, we need peace.  Let it begin with me’
I am posting three different versions of this song – one on each of my blogs.
Just click the orange triangle to listen.
Joan Baez – Imagine
The others are here, and here
For more peace globes go here