A month for moving.
I walked a labyrinth yesterday. Something I’ve done many times before, however, as always with the labyrinth it is different every time. This was one of what I call the “proper ones” without modern distractions on the path! (they are good in their own way, but really don’t compete). As I entered the centre, all the past and the future was before me, memories long hidden came flooding to the fore, hopes dreams and expectations for the journey out. We are always journeying in and out. I’ve just got to the outside and am about to start in again!! I start the journey inwards on the 17th, we move on the 26th (ish)
‘The most important visit of the year’ said someone…
Well it certainly was a real eye opener.
90 mins a 1200 degrees whether you like it or not! The real gut crunching moment came when they were talking about cleaning the insides – re-bricking etc. Not a job for the nervous.
Although a good visit to reassure the uneasy bereaved, I shall be buried in a wood under a tree!
I mean, 90 mins is a bit quick to depart in!
The wind in the willows.
This mornings reflection was a reading from wind in the willows and it captured in me a little something.
I’m not even sure what the little something was, but I do not want that feeling to die. It was present in a cool, fresh air that was in the chapel. It was [...]
August 19th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
The gut-crunching bit for me was the smell! After our crem visit we went back to college where lunch that day was – yes – roast pork. Never have I been so glad to be a veggie!