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Cherry

Turn of the year ’scape

Scrawny trees stark on pale clear sky tangled twigs and mistletoe orbs; jaded damp sodden turf, wintery stillnes ’til sudden stormy shake of blasting...
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Journeying

What difference made by passing gong? … our foolish fritterings don’t repeat.
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Cherry

Spaceship Food

a rework of a piece for an IP a long time ago on ‘Skeuomorphism'*
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Why Bethlehem's remembered

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Now Bethlehem’s remembered throughout the ages vast, for there the Prince was born whose just government...

From Purity to Mess, to bless

… And now He can burst into any man or woman flood out the strife and mess distress and selfishness with joy and Life.

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1320 of my comments have received 1358 Great Feedback votes

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And of Hong Kong in that era

Posted on Tue, 06 Jul 2021

And of Hong Kong in that era too. Is there more information about the orphanage and the other charities to come? I didn't realise that they had such a humidity problem. Rhiannon

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So often a tension between

Posted on Fri, 02 Jul 2021

So often a tension between wanting to promote trade to other countries, but suspicion, lack of trust, difficulties of communication because of language, culture and long isolation, and of course many times neither nationality always behaving well...

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I think we were once there in

Posted on Thu, 01 Jul 2021

I think we were once there in cowslip time - such rich yellow where a lot grow undisturbed. It's good you are able to go walking again in such countryside. Rhiannon

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They seem to have kept up

Posted on Tue, 29 Jun 2021

They seem to have kept up quite a bit of correspondence across the world, and he still seemed to have an influence in the family. So different from communications these days!

The new tripn sounds as if it will have much to share with us!...

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Sounds an amazing experience!

Posted on Sat, 26 Jun 2021

Sounds an amazing experience! You rode a camel?! I looked up a bit about that restaurant. Rhiannon

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Such contrast between all

Posted on Fri, 25 Jun 2021

Such contrast between all that travel and international political experiences, and their quiet unassuming and dedicated hard work at home with the needy. Rhiannon

PS The article was appearing for  support [appealing]? Also...

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Posted in Maria's Diary 27

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Wht a sad time. She seems to

Posted on Tue, 22 Jun 2021

Wht a sad time. She seems to have wanted to do good, and worship, but there seems to have at best been a lack of openness, and enforcing of rituals rather than good Bible teaching and love and fellowship together and with God? Rhiannon

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But the more you think, the

Posted on Thu, 17 Jun 2021

But the more you think, the more you seem to remember of all that has filled those years! Congratulations if it is that anniversary! Rhiannon

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How big is this patch then?

Posted on Thu, 17 Jun 2021

How big is this patch then? It sounds like a very exotic little verge now. Have you a garden as well? Rhiannon

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They are certainly so

Posted on Tue, 15 Jun 2021

They are certainly so beautiful, and the 'pink snow' of town avenues.

The huge displays in Japan seem to be very impressive, and understandably I suppose the tree and its flowers gets a special place in Buddhism and Shintoism.

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