The trill of skylarks and stirrings of new life in the dead land – spring has arrived (The Observer, 27 Mar 2011, Page 33)

Something for the river pagan in us all.

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The trill of skylarks and stirrings of new life in the dead land – spring has arrived
Rob Penn is the author of It’s All About the Bike: the Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels (Particular Books).
The Observer
27 Mar 2011

Winter was very long in the Black Mountains. We’ve been embattled by the weather since snow fell in late November and the temperature hit –15C. I’m not expecting a campaign medal. I can’t remember anticipating spring so eagerly, though. There is no...read more...

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Lust gets pregnant, and has a baby: sin!

Sin grows up to adulthood, and becomes a real killer.

The Message
James 1:15

My son & I compared notes on which of our blog posts were most popular, or most viewed. He'd posted about a play called 'Lust of the swamp witch', and -- according to Google -- this vastly outranked anything else either of us had posted. (My top post was a graphic of a guitar fretboard, that I created for myself as a study aid).

So, was it 'swamp', 'witch', or 'lust' that drew the hits? Hmmmm....

Anyway, here's this innocent wee blog, started many months ago and left virtually empty ever since. Named after the river in Sandwick, BC (now subsumed by Courtenay), where my father baptized me, in a private ceremony, to the river and the trees.

Although I've no memory of this (since I was a babe in arms . Imagine that!