Spring Festival
It’s another cold, grey, damp afternoon. I don’t know about you, but I’m in desperate need of warmth and sunshine. …
Seasons
Advent Haiku: Winter
Chill clasp of winter Is there hope in the darkness Light through the tunnel?
Haiku: Summer Days
Books stripped of covers exiled to the borders of our Summer’s kingdom
Haiku: Summer Breeze
Still Summer breeze stirs Below drowsy tourists watch White blobs on the fell
Haiku: Spring Greens
Spring greens served today Nature’s a la carte menu Fresh no left-overs
Advent ABC: V is for Veni
Veni Emmanuel, sung here by the L’Accorche Choeur, to Kodaly’s setting. This traditional Advent and Christmastime hymn, one of my …
Advent ABC: Shepherds
Sprawled in dreams on distant hills, shielding flocks from dark dusk chill. Star-burst sparks sprayed them with light, tearing …
Advent ABC: R is for RE-Visiting
… some seasonal musical favourites. I’ll admit to engineering my choice of topic to fit today’s letter. It’s a tricky …
Advent ABC: Q is for Quiet
How silently, how silently The wondrous gift is given… – Oh Little Town of Bethlehem I’d several topics lined up for …
Advent ABC: P is for Prophets
Ev’ry valley shall be exalted, and ev’ry mountain and hill made low; the crooked straight and the rough places plain. …
Advent ABC:’O’ Antiphons
The great O Antiphons of Advent in Western Christian tradition are chanted or recited at Evening Prayer during the …
Advent ABC: Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
We have a Christmas Eve custom in our house, daughter and I. Come mid afternoon, we sit down …