Cornwall Cogitation #10, Sunday 12 April 2015--Is there anything of interest beyond last week's entries? Time will tell. Stay calm, read on, imagine you're eating a Cornish pasty . . . a Cornish cream tea . . . or Cornish fudge. June 1215. Magna Carta. My spell corrector insists on "Carat," obviously oblivious to the Latin term for the …
Traveling a long timeline, with a break for tea
Cornwall Cogitation #9, Sunday 5 April 2015--Easter crowns the day and every day. Blessings in the ways you've celebrated Easter 2015. Further on, I'll add a word on our celebration. Today's comments come as a random selection of topics that follow a chronological timeline. I say random as in finding interesting tidbits in newspapers, magazines, books, people, places …
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Palm Sunday
Cornwall Cogitation #8, Sunday 29 March 2015--This morning the two parish congregations, St Uny, Lelant, and St Anta & All Saints, Carbis Bay, joined for a Benefice worship at St Anta. Guest preacher was The Rt Reverend Chris Goldsmith, Bishop of St Germans. Chris is one of two bishops in Cornwall. Rev Carlyn Wilton was the communion celebrant and Rev Suzanne Hosking, …
Boots on–addendum
Cornwall Cogitation #7 addendum, Friday 27 March--I'm correcting information in last Sunday's post, related to St Patrick's Day. There are 33.3 million people living in the US who claim Irish ancestry. The book by Thomas Cahill is How the Irish Saved Civilization. The Irish during the dark ages held onto literacy, cared for books and …
Boots on
Cornwall Cogitation #7, 22 March 2015--Half a baguette with Emmental cheese, the other half with peanut butter, that's tea (supper) tonight. At lunch we sat for two delightful hours with Robert and Emilie Walson at the Carbis Bay Hotel. Well nourished we are. This past week I've worn my walking boots five times. I've worn my other …
Kettle’s on
Cornwall Cogitation #4, 1 March 2015--What better way to refreshment than conversation over a cup of tea. "True refreshment," a prayer by Donald Hilton in Blessed Be Our Table, speaks of such, with a meal, as "a draught from the well-spring of kindness, and a feast to satisfy our human need." So, draw up at our table for an assortment of …
Food on the table
CornwallCogitation5&6--15 March2015. Why no blog post 5 on March 8? First, we found our computer, after being down for four days, needed a new cable. Our landlord Chris got one from Amazon. Presto, we were back in business. (I have to search for post 4 I did on March 1. I don't see it as I write, though …
The rain in Penwith hath no plain
Cornwall Cogitation 2015#3, Sunday 22 February--It raineth. All day it raineth. Throughout Penwith, this most westerly and southerly part of Cornwall, it raineth. It's the first time it has rained steadily since we arrived 5 February. On the way home from lunch at the nearby Carbis Bay Hotel, where friends Terry and Ann had dropped us, …
Why walk? Lessons from the week
CornwallCogitation2015#2 (15 February)--Why walk? The obvious answer, if you can walk, is exercise. Also, walking gives you time to think, breathe fresh air, enjoy nature. There's more. Let's see what more is revealed in a ramble we took last Thursday with members of The West Cornwall Footpaths Preservation Society. The Society's auspicious name is well …
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Caption: St Ives on our walk from Carbis Bay to library, lunch and lollygagging about on Friday, before half-filling a grocery cart . On checking out we met our neighbours, Steve and Marilyn, who hauled the supplies while we walked the mile home. Angels. Carbis Bay, Sunday 8 February--Here. Happy. Hurrah! Wednesday we sat up all …
It's About Now 