Football: A Very Personal Post
Have you heard someone say that football is life? It’s clichéd but there have been 10 times when the sport has intersected with my life in a very personal and Continue Reading →
Weekend 595.0
(1) England’s Nazareth: Walsingham (The Imaginative Conservative) (1a) St. Augustine and J.R.R. Tolkien (The Imaginative Conservative) “To Newman, nineteenth-century liberalism and philosophic utilitarianism were the harbingers of a secular, modern Continue Reading →
Weekend 594.0
Once upon a time, I met a boy named Hugo Cabret. He lived in a train station… (1) FA Cup: ‘Newport v Man Utd not possible without my dad’ (BBC) Continue Reading →
Weekend 593.0 (My whole journey began the day I lost her…)
(1) Why Does Kingdom Hearts Remain So Beloved After 20 Years? (Wealth of Geeks)
Weekend 592.0
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)
(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)
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)
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
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
“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 →