the waiting country

a love theme for the wilderness

Saturday, 28 February 2009

84

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was your mother's number and now you've made it yours, but not by choice or design - too early and far too soon. (for Mam)

r s thomas: a marriage

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We met under a shower of bird-notes. Fifty years passed, love's moment in a world in servitude to time. She ...

spotification

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Just wanted to say what a great thing Spotify is - ok, so the free version means you get a 15-second or so advert now & again (roughly o...
Monday, 23 February 2009

formed by the form

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Commenting on the form that is the Gospel (of Mark, in this case), Eugene Peterson makes these observations: "Gospel story" is a v...

the great songs (viii) - a man is in love

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For years, all I knew of The Waterboys was the monumental Whole Of The Moon and that they employed a big music sound. Things move on. Peop...
Wednesday, 18 February 2009

the great songs (vii) - walking on thin ice

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I've held back a little from this one but it had to come at some point. Yoko Ono's   Walking On Thin Ice  is an achievement that it ...
Friday, 13 February 2009

begotten

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no part of my life has been lived without you; separation is not isolation nor dislocation. always present in time, always, in the breathed ...

no return

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i wonder if the way was opened for you to go back to when you were a young girl, with all that lay ahead, would you take the offer with both...
Friday, 6 February 2009

the great songs (vi) - goin' back

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This track shares its title with the opener to Neil Young's Comes A Time , even down to the aspostrophe in Goin', but this is the e...
Saturday, 31 January 2009

the great songs (v) - sign your name

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I think I remember Terence Trent D'Arby arriving on the chart scene back in the late 80's (purely for the record: I was working in ...
Tuesday, 27 January 2009

the great songs (iv) - o superman

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After referencing Johnny Cash's American Recordings (previous post), we're moving on to another slice of Americana in the form of La...
Monday, 26 January 2009

the great songs (iii) - the first time ever i saw your face

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Of course, this could be sung by any of a whole host of people but I'm plumping for the version by Johnny Cash on his American IV: The ...

the great songs (ii) - heart of glass

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Blondie's Heart of Glass is one of those songs that makes you so thankful that radio was invented - you may not have it in your collect...
Sunday, 25 January 2009

Now there's a helpful suggestion....

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Make a rule that you will read X number of books you currently own before buying another one. Set a "read-to-purchase ratio". This...
Wednesday, 21 January 2009

taking a new turn

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For the past 11 years nearly I have worked with a PC on (actually, under) my desk. It has been an enormous boon in so many ways - initially,...
Friday, 16 January 2009

the great songs (i) - automobile noise

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This is the first of a series of posts, in conjunction with a similar list by The Badger . But I promise I won't mention any Yes tracks....
Tuesday, 30 December 2008

Being Well When We're Ill

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There are so many good things about Marva Dawn's book. Her writing is deeply theological and profoundly practical. As someone who has an...
Monday, 29 December 2008

Losing God

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Losing God is a great read. Matt Rogers walks his readers through the doubts and depression that once filled his life with darkness with re...
Tuesday, 23 December 2008

the very best christmas song - ever

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Well, here we are - no voting shenanigans like Strictly Come Dancing ; this is purely one person's choice. And a choice one at that it i...
Wednesday, 17 December 2008

the second-best xmas song ever

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For many years this would have come top of my list - maybe it's a sign of age. My nomination for second-best xmas song ever is Happy Xma...
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