August is the month for dusting off the jam pan. So far the apples have started landing regularly on the lawn. Rather than waste these early fruits they have been transformed into ‘Spiced Apple Jelly’ with just a hint of the old favourite – Chilli! Without a greenhouse at the moment the chillies are slow and few, but the next project, since there are apples a plenty on the tree, is an apple press, it seems the best way to construct one is with a bottle jack and some stout timber, both of which are lying around in the shed! Whether cider is attempted or not rather depends on the juice – it might get drunk too quickly!
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no lightening bolts…

I was jumped upon to lead a little prayer time and impromptu Eucharist last night, fortunately I had my phoneand therefore access to this meditation which I used as a prayer of blessing with a few on the spot changes to include the wine. No lightening bolts as yet – so I’m guessing I’m safe!!

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Cycling through delightful villages on the way to Amelia farm for what was to be one of the last visits I will make this year – never say you won’t return! – was strangely nostalgic for the past year. Although the majority of the time was over the winter, my early morning struggle up the aptly named hill ‘Tumble’ had been a largely dry affair. Those morning soakings I did endure were now being looked upon with affection. I don’t recall any affection to the weather, as I look back on those occasions. However, it was still a nostalgic ride, useful, as it took my mind of the aching limbs and speeding cars. The service that evening was one of Agape. Back in Cardiff with the college community, mostly ordinands, sat round our dining tables in the common space where we normally share our meals. It wasn’t nostalgia this time which I felt, it was rather a disturbing sense of rightness. To be in this small diverse community sharing a meal around a table. Firstly a symbolic meal of oatcakes and honey, then our evening meal together. How do these two things link together? In what they are for, or [...]

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