6.00 am: Arise. The beginning of snow: delicate, light, like a whispered white noise or a off-station image on a cathode-ray TV. And with the snow, a quieting also fell. Only a waking wood-pigeon could be heard. 8.00 am: A … Continue reading
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds (Psalm 147.3) ‘Time heals’, they say. Or, put another way: we heal over time, usually. In other words, the further we are removed from the hurt, temporally speaking, the better able … Continue reading
7.00 am: I awoke. There was much to do today. 7.45 am: A communion, followed by a final letter to myself. (To be continued). 9.30 am: A trip to ‘Dickie Snips’, the hairdresser, for my monthly prune. Only the grey … Continue reading
Silence, then … observation. Discreet, unannounced {Silence, that’s durationless; uninterpreted: rejection or reserve; departure or discipline?} … Then, silence.* 8.00 am: A communion. 8.30 am: I began finalising the texts for the I. Nothing. Lack. album before sending it off … Continue reading
8.00 am: A communion. 8.45 am: I passed the picket line, brazenly. It’s a cold day and they’ve a long vigil ahead. I respect the determination of my colleagues to strike. But each must act according to their conscience. For … Continue reading
8.00 am: A communion. I was out of kilter from the outset. There are days when I feel as though my needle doesn’t sit well in the day’s groove. This would be one, at the beginning. 8.30 am: Into the … Continue reading
8.00 am: A communion. 8.30 am: Off to the Old College under a neutral sky that would, within the hour, yield to blue. The window eats away the building like a cankerous worm: The sunlight raked across the crests of … Continue reading
Theirs: mine: … A strength; waiting. … Not knowing; undoing. … Undeceiving; disbelieving. … Deliberating; anticipating.* Friday and Saturday. I continued working on the text for the suite’s introduction and the tracks’ descriptions, while preparing alternative mixes. Most things sounded … Continue reading
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him (Psalm 91.15) 8.00 am: A communion. Scenario 1: There was no mobile reception in the hotel. I had to walk to the end of the drive before I could obtain even … Continue reading
7.00 am: Rise. The weather was angry and inconsolable. A ‘beginfast’, as opposed to a breakfast, was the order of the morning. I so missed that first cup of tea. 7.45 am: Preparations for my return to teaching (mid week) … Continue reading