View from the Potting Shed

A couple of months ago I stumbled across the website of a Manowar-wannabe band Teräsbetoni.

To compare them to Manowar is unfair, to be honest. Manowar are four warriors of Real Metal™, the true kings of the Kingdom of Steel. Teräsbetoni (I can’t even remember their name let alone pronounce it!) on the other […]

Tonight my brother Eddie and I will see solo bassist (and current lodger) Steve Lawson in concert (Bass: the Final Frontier) at C Central (Venue 54) on North Bridge at 11:15 pm. As well as his usual solo, looped, jazz bass magic and razor-like banter, Steve also has ex-Pink Floyd bassist Guy Pratt playing […]

Peter didn’t get the archaeology job in Perth; he heard by phone this morning. I was standing at the sink in the kitchen doing the dishes (I thought it would make a change from doing the dishes standing at the sink in the dining room!) while Peter lurked in the doorway.
“This is the worst […]

Last night, I asked Jane what she was doing today. She said, “I’m going to the moon.”
I said, “The MOON?!”
She said, “NO! Dunoon!”
I can’t hide the fact that I was a little disappointed. But on the up-side at least she will be back for tea.

Well, this morning I had a meeting with my bishop. I felt so nervous before I went in. I guess I expected him to say something like, “Well, yeah, Gareth, you really are the most rubbishest priest I’ve ever seen. Even more rubbish that Fr Dougal from the TV series Fr Ted. […]

Tomorrow I have a meeting with the bishop to discuss my future. I’m on a limited, three year appointment, and in April 2006 the money dries up and I’ll once again be without a post.
I meet with Bishop Brian at 10:00 am to discuss what I’ll do next. I’m in two minds as […]

I found these quotations in my copy of OneNote 2003:
“Sometimes a light breaks into our darkness, and it is as though a voice were saying:
‘You are accepted.
You are accepted, accepted by that which is greater than you, and the name of which you do not know.
Do not ask for the name now; perhaps you will […]