Well, I’m now preparing for the forthcoming Symposium on Scottish Sacred Music at Pluscarden Abbey, near Inverness, Scotland. Over 150 people are expected to come to this Benedictine Abbey for the three-day event, which will include talks and recitals of sacred music from Scotland. Day 1: Tuesday 1 September 2009: Mediaeval & Renaissance Scottish Sacred … Continue reading »
Posted in August 2009 …
Magic stories from Earthsea revisited
Just re-reading the ‘Earthsea’ novels by Urula Le Guin (A Wizard of Earthsea, Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore and Tehanu). Fabulous, beautiful stories, even parables. I first read the trilogy in the 70s and it is a delight to have come across them again. (The fourth story in this volume was added some 15 … Continue reading »
Dare to think differently!
Found this on “Hit the Back Button“. I think it speaks for itself. (Of course what you get out of it may depend where you’re coming from!) Enjoy 8 minutes of wisdom! Reminds me a bit of the BBC’s New Year message from, I think, 2001, where a chap had had to register his child’s … Continue reading »
Workflow interrupted
Well, my laptop is being diagnosed for hardware faults, and has been since last Thursday. I knew there was a problem with one of the memory modules and I replaced that, but I was still getting Blue Screens of Death – WinXP SP3 – so decided it needed some serious looking at. Whatever happens I … Continue reading »
