Weekend 592.0

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Winston Smith

Young Wafflers and the “Culture of Commitment” (The Catholic Thing) “Heroes are born of commitment. Epics like Beowulf, the Odyssey, or The Lord of the Rings are built around the Continue Reading →

Weekend 591.0 (Fabulous Harry, I love the feathers)

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Winston Smith

(1) A quote from British Rail: The Making and Breaking of Our Trains by Christian Wolmar “In setting out what I see as this corrective to the history of British Continue Reading →

UK Trip (Christmas 2023)

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Winston Smith

It was predominately a trip for FOOTBALL. I saw the Saints play two at home in Southampton and one on the road in Norwich. They won their home matches against Continue Reading →

You are here (and the feeling that it’s all a lot of oysters but no pearls)

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Winston Smith

It’s a grim post for a title but as the dust settles on the festive period realities start to preoccupy. It’s like the feeling you have late Sunday afternoon after Continue Reading →

2023 Christmas Sabbatical

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Winston Smith

Ah, when to the heart of manWas it ever less than a treasonTo go with the drift of things,To yield with a grace to reason,And bow and accept the endOf Continue Reading →

2023 Advent Retreat at St. Joseph’s Abbey

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Winston Smith

“I am like a portable sanctuary filled with the real presence of God. Being a temple of God, how can I but see God everywhere I look? Within your temple, Continue Reading →

Weekend 590.0

Posted on December 10, 2023 by Winston Smith

There’s no monument at Repentance Junction to mark the heroes of that last campaign but history will memorialize their sacrifice.

History Repeats

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Winston Smith

(1) The Pilgrimage of Grace (Historic UK) “The policies of Henry VIII did much to change the country and shape its future; those who resisted with the Pilgrimage of Grace Continue Reading →

Weekend 589.0 (Rommer Treece)

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Winston Smith

“At some point in his studies the student of military history begins to perceive great events as climaxes to a series of ironies.” — W.J. Wood What’s cooking? I’m smack Continue Reading →

Weekend 588.0

Posted on November 18, 2023 by Winston Smith

(1) Friday night vinyl is The Wall – Live in Berlin by Roger Waters. (2) Address to the Inhabitants of Bermuda, 6 September 1775 (National Archives) (3) The Secret Tube Continue Reading →