Journal Entry – Rebuilding Community

Whether {weather}

27 Feb 202116 Nov 2020

2013 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. —Psalm 1:3 The…

reWriting

5 Feb 202116 Nov 2020

I haven't written for what seems a long time but in actuality is just over a month. There have been obvious reasons and more obscure reasons and am not sure…

great God

4 Feb 202116 Nov 2020

It is only when my past visits me that I truly, truly understand that I am completely and utterly remade, recycled, made into something new. I live in this new…

An Inspector Called…

2 Feb 202116 Nov 2020

An inspector called to my home he other day, it reminded me as things often do of the JB Priestly play. Eva commits suicide by drinking strong disinfectant. When I…

renegade rainbows

If we consider iridescent colours in soap bubbles then we can control when and where we see rainbows. I have known since last summer that spraying water in the polytunnel…

breathe away

13 Jan 202112 Jan 2021

Every breath we take brings life into our bodies. It is a true miracle that we don't have to think about each breath. It is an automatic response, and something…

just breathe

I was running and the air was clear, deep gulps of cold icy air travelled down into my lungs. I could feel the bleak tendrils enter each alveoli. Well of…

Get going

Procrastination is my friend, I feel comfortable putting on the long finger those things that I cannot easily complete. Things that are a bit abstract or blurry around the edges…

stewardship anew

10 Jan 20213 Jan 2021

2012 It was raining today and I was taking photos of puddles and drops of water falling off autumnally gold leaves whilst trying to keep my camera dry. I was…

drenched~drowned

9 Jan 20213 Jan 2021

2012 Trains and planes and automobiles all move me towards a state of reflection and today was no different ; pasing through Millstreet the fields and gardens along the track…