For the last 4-5 years i have carried a bag. It is practical and makes my life easy. I like my bag. Unfortunately my current bag (the male version of the one above) has broke. I need a new bag. I like this one from these guys Scaramanga It is big enough for an iPad [...]
SO how to raise money. Well, the board of directors and volunteer community we are having the SolasFestival Fundraising Auction 2012! with some great things to bid for. My personal favourite has to be getting a brand new vioin composition for written for you. Where else could you contribute to make an Arts festival happen [...]
2012Tue31Jan
What we watch african football for… (thoughts on football, success & fame)
Filed in events, thinkingI missed entering @VBrich’s prediction tournament for the African Cup of Nations this year. the cup which happens every two years, unless they decide to have it every year (like next year.) Given this lack of competition i have been following like the competition loosely. Performance of the tournament so far has come for Sudan. [...]
2012Tue24Jan
Christian Worship, privacy and social media (#deepimpact2012 pt2)
Filed in events, technology, theology, thinking, work. Intro: Been thinking about worship quite a lot since Deep Impact 2012. Partly because i realised it reminds me of spring harvest 20 odd years ago. Partly because it challenged me in an unexpected way. These thoughts are rawish & unexplored. probably containing badly made points so feel free to ignore them. They come [...]
On Monday morning I woke around 4.20am it was cold and i got up to check my daughter was warm enough. I returned to bed as noted through my hazy sleep that the ladies on radio4/ the world service, were very fivelive-y. throwing to interviews, everything was pacy and punchy. I didn’t get the reason. [...]
For lent this year, I am stuck. I am considering what to do. But kinda unsure Previous efforts have included Giving up crisps. Reading a book. Giving up all music I had heard before. Eating less. Giving up caffeine. Giving up alcohol. Publishing a record of my spending on the Internet. And this year I [...]
Last week we started three new events in the life of the church, A house group, a knitting group for over-60′s (primarily), and a youth space. This week’s new group is Beer’n’Bible Yeah it is a mixture of Beer and Bible. The first one is tonight at The Clydesdale Inn, Lanark, and hopefully we will [...]
Tomorrow is my birthday. (Historic Scott!), anyway I thought I would have a slight look back at year 33 and kinda review it. Work I left a full time job for a mix of part time work, childcare and housework. That has worked well mostly. (my polishing still needs some work…) Volunteering I am a [...]
Anaïs Mitchell ‘Hadestown’ is definately in my top ten albums of 2010. I have just seen on the Celtic Conections website that they are putting on the album during the festival. with Anaïs Mitchell herself, Ani DiFranco and my friend Iain Morrison. now that should be a concert worth seeing. well done celtic connections. tickets [...]
Today was a snow day (no School or nursery) and I had fun with the children. We played at home and went to the Lanark Loch to feed the swans. The snow was deep and crunched under our feet. The Loch was quite busy for a Thursday in December. We took bread and decided to [...]
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