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Untitled 20 May 2013 | 03:36 pm
Two months ago, I moved this blog over to WordPress, and I have just now removed all the posts. Come and find me at http://exploring.org.uk/ instead.
Bye bye Blogger 6 Mar 2013 | 03:35 am
I have decided to move this blog over to WordPress, and rename it. I do most of my work on WordPress, and it is much more flexible than Blogger. "Where next..." had got outdated months ago, and I was ...
Living the Questions 23 Feb 2013 | 02:55 am
It's been quiet over the last couple of months as I've been blogging as the TEDxExeter Storyteller. We're in the run up to the 2013 event on the theme of "Living the Questions", so I've been writing a...
Hoping against hope 14 Dec 2012 | 09:26 pm
My post for #Advent 12 on the Parkology blog on the theme of hope. Today is the feast day of St John of the Cross, Spanish mystic and poet. He is best known for “The Dark Night of the Soul”, which de...
Watching for the Kingfisher 14 Dec 2012 | 09:25 pm
The Parkology group is posting (mostly) daily during Advent, focusing on 'What gives you hope?' Here is what I posted for #Advent 3. The poem is from Ann Lewin's book "Watching for the Kingfisher". I ...
Synod and the unengaged majority 21 Nov 2012 | 11:42 pm
So the measure got 94% approval in the House of Bishops, 77% in the House of Clergy, and 64% in the House of Laity, but it was still lost, by six votes. It might not be a rejection of women bishops, j...
Surname migration 6 Nov 2012 | 09:57 pm
The Great Britain Family Names website allows you to find out where your surname comes from, and how many people share it. Bryden isn't that common, but what interests me is the geographical spread. E...
The Power of We: Congo Calling 16 Oct 2012 | 10:17 pm
Yesterday was Blog Action Day, and I'm late again! But I'm using the opportunity to highlight the Congo Calling campaign. Mobile phones are powerful tools for communication and bringing people togethe...
Blue, the colour of home 15 Sep 2012 | 10:20 pm
I was lying on my back in the garden. It was thirty years ago, so my memory is hazy. But I remember it being 10pm and still light, so it must have been close to midsummer. The sky was a deep blue, clo...
Mythogeography 14 Jul 2012 | 08:34 pm
Mythogeography is something to do with what "walkers, artists who use walking in their art, students who are discovering and studying a world of resistant and aesthetic walking, anyone who is troubled...