Hey hey. Just a quick note to let you all know (if you're not on Twitter right now) that we've decided the best response to the situation at St Paul's Cathedral is to, well, go to church. According to this Beeb article, St Paul's are going ahead with their regular services as scheduled, so it's the 8am for us (grumble grumble early mornings). And ( Read more... )

My belated celebration of Mabon has involved pottering round the garden gathering up little bits and bobs of veg which are ready to eat. It's not exactly been an impressive harvest this year, but I do honestly feel we've learned a lot and have some good ideas about what to do for next year ( Read more... )

Today, I got up early and went into work to drop off some files. Then, alextiefling & I went to Latin Mass at Westminster Cathedral. Why? Because I enjoy a bit of Latin and I like a nice high service now and again. Of course, this wasn't actually very high at all, because Novus Ordo sucks balls, and overall I was a bit disappointed. Now, I knew it was going to ( Read more... )

Well, I managed to hand in possibly the single worst-written piece of academic work I've ever done, at 3 minutes to 9 last night ( Read more... )

Yesterday was an improvement over Thursday, and really a lot busier than I expected. alextiefling went to church and to meet tarchannan, over on a fleeting fly-by as ever, while I stayed in to try and sort out bookings & arrangements for the next few days. I was sorry to miss her, but I did manage to pack up a few chard seeds for her - in an amusing twist, it seems ( Read more... )

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Well, well, well.

Of all the people I'd thought would say something interesting about Catholicism in general, and recent attempts at rapprochement by the Vatican in particular, my money really wouldn't have been on Frank Skinner.

Just goes to show you never can tell.

Thursday was our last full day in Boston, so we spent it looking at nice buildings. The First Trinity Church was absolutely stunning, an incredibly influential Romanesque chapel in square (not cruciform) shape, with somewhat Orthodox overtones to the colours and styles. It had the most amazing array of stained-glass windows, including some ( Read more... )

"Carroll is forever appointing himself the task of demanding that the church live up to its own ethical and rational standards, and forever finding it impossible. As with all true Christian martyrs, his passion is born of love."

Fascinating article here entitled 'The Pope, the Jews & repentance', about the documentary adapted from of James Carroll ( Read more... )

On Saturday evening, we travelled back to Edinburgh where ( Cut for touristical ramblings and religio-spiritual waffles - mm, tasty! )