Away for a few days learning to be a new incumbent, we arrived for lunch greeted by the ‘hardy perennials’ a group of ladies of no specific age taking root in the dining room, as we prepare to work, ‘the tempest’ begins and we are overrun by sailors, beasts and maidens. Is this a vision of a new incumbancy?
Woodfest again at St. Asaph, don’t miss it! Or try to remember next year… There seem to be a number of different types of people exhibiting or competing. Most working in their field and making a living the way most of us do, wood things being a profitable sideline. There are the commercial firms whose machined products look out of place next to the hand crafted ones. There are also the minority of excellent craftsmen and women making their living solely from their craft, these are the ones one admires the most. Often the craft comes first, financial gain...
So June is here, the longest month in terms of daylight hours of course! 4am till 10pm. How is one to use such a gift? I have been re-reading an old friend, it was a ‘priesting’ gift from the then bishop. On presenting it to me he said, ‘well, Stuart always was a bit alternative’ The book, a litugical guide to the seasons, in terms of food mostly, “The River Cottage Year” by Hugh Fearnley Whittingsall. I’ll be dusting off another old passion this month, June it turns out is a great month for mackerel, I’ll also need a...
