She has not long left in this world and yet she smiles when we walk in to the room as though we are exactly the people that she wants to see right here, right now. We know that seconds before we arrived she lay quietly, gathering and storing all her energy so in that moment when [...]
Archive for December 16th, 2007
The little things
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the nativity – scouse style
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I eschewed church tonight for a night with my feet up, hoping to enjoy some Top Gear and was intrigued to see ‘Liverpool Nativity‘ on BBC3 – described as ‘the Christmas story live in Liverpool as you’ve never seen it before’. It was a powerful performance – imagining the nativity – so sanitised and well [...]
driving with my youngest daughter
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docjbf’s earlier post left me thinking about how many times I missed such moments in the past. I wasted so many hours in the car with my daughters. Rushing through traffic to dance, soccer, and other appointments, I would fuss about the other drivers, the schedule, any excuse available. You see I wanted to spend [...]
Airports and Expectation
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Arriving at Singapore Airport on Thursday night I seemed to have walked into one big Muslim party. Everywhere in the concourse there were groups of hundreds of muslim men and women, in full traditional dress chatting excitedly like schoolkids. It actually reminded me, bizarrely of the Sunday School trips I went on as a kid. [...]
Andy for Advent?
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perfect message for Advent from Andy Warhol?
