Ray's Blog: August 2010
Kids
A tourists day out. A five year old boy gapes at features like the castle and the harbour, and then the church. 'Mummy, what do people do in churches?' he asks. She is not sure. A byestander's suggestion was 'They get close to God'. What would your reply be?...
The History Boys
Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Many hundreds of make-shift venues. Endless experiment and energy. Colourful streets packed, sardine-like, with jostling crowds, actors, acrobats, artists, musicians. In between the street acts I went to Alan Bennett's 'The History Boys'. Alan was a working class lad who went to a posh...
Cornish Pilgrimage
I was the guest of Paul and Sally Nash, Aidan and Hilda Friends, at their cottage by the River Tamar. This separates Cornwall from Devon. On our first evening we drove to the ancient stone circles known as The Hurlers, on Bodmin Moor, before enjoying John Mortimer's play...
The Well
I am at Glastonbury's Chalice Well. The well is at the foot of the famous Tor. So is she. The well marks the site of the earliest Christian baptism in Britain, so folk lore has it - about forty eight years after the birth of Christ. From the other...The Secretary
Naomi is about to become the manager of our Open Gate Retreat House on Holy Island,UK. That means the office is empty. We need a Secretary. The Secretary will maintain our database, be a book-keeper, and answer emails and phone calls. Across the road is our Celtic Christian...
The Flag
The British flag, like many others, is red, white and blue. A flag is a symbol of a healthy love of one's country. But racists such as the British National Party (BNP) hijack it for their own unhealthy ideology. Their massive use of it in their propaganda distorts and...
