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Losing old friends…
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I’ve just finished reading the last book in a trilogy, and the last in a quadrology (is that the right word?). Anyway. The first set was the Stieg Larsson ‘Girl with the Dragon tattoo’ series, which is now coming out as a film. I adored it. The second (cough cough) was the Stephenie Mayer set which deals with the subject of vampires. And werewolves and stuff.
OK, I admit it. I was enthralled by both. They were totally different, and yet I was wholly absorbed throughout the seven-book marathon. I have been switching between psychopaths, murderers and the supernatural for a good few weeks now, and I’ve loved every minute of it.
How lovely…
Posted by: | Comments…is the word ‘Posset’?
It's the little things…
Posted by: | CommentsWe had a power cut today, in the village where I live and work. I was standing in the kitchen, placing the last shortbread biscuit on a baking tray ready for a perfectly pre-heated oven, and everything went darker, and quieter. I paused, and then washed my hands, walked to the fuse box and tried flicking them about randomly (my usual competent response to a power crisis).
Nothing happened.
First day of spring
Posted by: | CommentsWhen you were a child, did you ever read ‘The Secret Garden’, by (I think) Frances Hodgson Burnett? I loved it. The best bit is where the main character and her rough-and-ready companion clamber over a wall in to a Victorian garden, and slowly begin unearthing treasures such as shrubs, trees and bulbs. They work at it all spring, finally transforming it back to its former glory.
Well, I had my own Secret Garden experience this afternoon. After two days without rain, it was time to venture out in my new wellington boots (Black with smiley faces on) and trug, and start wielding a trowel. Filled with positivity for Spring, I set to work.
Miscommunications
Posted by: | CommentsThank you Chris for sending me the following errors from church communications. I don’t care if they’re genuine or not – I like them!
Next weekend’s Fasting & Prayer Conference in Whitby includes all
meals.
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Sunday morning sermon: ‘Jesus Walks on the Water’
Sunday evening sermon: ‘Searching for Jesus.’
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Ladies, don’t forget the rummage sale It’s a chance to get rid of those
things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.
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Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community.
Smile at someone who is hard to love.
Say ‘Hell’ to someone who doesn’t care much about you.
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Don’t let worry kill you off – let the Church help.
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Miss Charlene Mason sang ‘I will not pass this way again,’ giving
obvious pleasure to the congregation .
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For those of you who have children and don’t know it, we have a nursery
downstairs.
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Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the
help they can get.
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Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the
church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.
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At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be ‘What Is Hell?’
Come early and listen to our choir practice
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Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of
several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.
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Scouts are saving aluminium cans, bottles and other items to be
recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.
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Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased
person you want remembered.
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The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and
gracious hostility.
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Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM – prayer and medication to follow.
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The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may
be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.
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This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across
from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.
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The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the Congregation would
lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.
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Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM. Please use the
back door.
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The school drama group will be presenting Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the
Church hall on Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend
this tragedy.
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Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church.
Please use large double door at the side entrance.
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The Associate Minister unveiled the church’s new campaign slogan last
Sunday: ‘I Upped My Pledge – Up Yours!’
What's in a name?
Posted by: | CommentsSince getting married, I’ve stopped saying my surname and instead offer to spell it, when someone asks.
As a Syrkiewicz, I currently get called ‘Circley Bits’, ‘Circle Witch’, ‘Swarovski’ or ‘Missis S’. I still find it amusing listening to people struggling to pronounce it, and I think I’ll treasure my new name with as much enthusiasm fifty years from now, as I feel currently. There’s a great article on the BBC news site about unfortunate names, which makes me think I’m lucky to have mine.
Dead interesting
Posted by: | CommentsThanks to Mark posting a link on Facebook, I have now been introduced to the site www.seemerot.com. This is a webcam placed on the inside of a coffin, so happy viewers can view someone decomposing.
Finally I see the value of the internet. Where would we be without it?
I’m off to harvest my crops on Farmville now. Must dash.
