We had a beach barbecue as a church in early July, at favourite beach Yellowcraigs, one of the main ones near to Edinburgh. We spent some time digging on the beach with kids. At one point, Dan drew three different pictures with a spade. Having done a certain amount of answering ‘What’s that?’ with this particular …
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The bells, the bells…
Yes, I will stop writing titles that repeat the same words, but this one was hard to ignore. This year I was able to go to the Altenberg induction course for Germany, held at a former monastery complex near Cologne. The cathedral is visited by lots of people, and it’s a popular retreat centre for youth …
An island of cake
Our first main family gathering of the year was in March, for Auntie Catriona’s 80th birthday. Catriona lives in Greenock, but also owns a cottage on the isle of Jura, off the west coast of Scotland. Jura was the regular holiday destination while I was growing up, and I introduced Dan to its delights fairly early on while …
What number are you?
You may have heard of various schemes of personality types: Myers-Briggs and others. One we’ve been reading about for a while is the Enneagram. You can find more about it on http://www.enneagraminstitute.com This year, they ran a day course on it at church for the first time. We found a few more people like each …
the first Christmas card – and advent calendar
So, we’re into December, and right on cue, our first Christmas card arrives. Thanks, J and B! It’s also an excuse to get out the advent calendar. I was given this when I was about eight, and have used it most years since. Never mind the siren song of chocolate in door a day calendars …
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