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UK pure as snow

Doesn’t happen often.  Isn’t true in anything other than a material sense.  But in a material world what does it matter?

Satellite image of a snow covered UK

Satellite image of a snow covered UK

Via Intelligence and Ignorance.

For Longing

From John O’Donohue’s Benedictus:
Blessed be the longing that brought you here
And quickens your soul with wonder.
May you have the courage to listen to the voice of desire
That disturbs you when you have settled for something safe.
May you have the wisdom to enter generously into your own unease
To discover the new direction your longing wants you [...]

Giving my heart to a god…

Some lyrics from Gronlandic Edit by Of Montreal:
Guess it would be nice to give my heart to a god
But which one which one do I choose?
All the churches fill with losers, psycho or confused
I just want to hold the divine in mine
And forget all of the beauty’s wasted

Studio studio studio

I joined the local camera club, around the corner from my house, about six or seven months ago.  I went along to a studio accreditation session to learn the ropes and went to a lighting master class.  Despite my best intentions it stalled there.  My excuses were a) not having a suitable IR trigger to [...]

boffoonery

Last night I had the joy of helping out at a benefit event for Bletchley Park - dreamt up and written by James Cary - who also writes Hut 33 on radio 4.
It was actually a pretty fun day.  I’d been working with the director for a few days putting together graphics and cleaning up [...]