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June surprises
I have often reflected that life is indeed full of surprises, many of them good. The result of the recent vote, however, was not a good surprise for our family. I will just say that many on both...
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A magical getaway: the Isle of Cumbrae
Last weekend I had the most wonderful opportunity! I sang with the Scottish Plainsong Choir at the Cathedral of the Isles on the Isle of Cumbrae. I’ll tell you about it over two posts. Having...
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A musical adventure at the Cathedral of the Isles
As I was telling you in my last post, I had an amazing weekend on the Isle of Cumbrae singing with the Scottish Plainsong Choir. Many of the choir members were staying at the College of the Holy...
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A day trip to Holy Isle, off the Isle of Arran
I had another fantastic adventure last weekend! Regular readers might recall that two years ago our family had a marvellous holiday on the Isle of Arran. This past winter a friend of mine happened to...
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October already
Thank you all so much for your lovely comments and encouragement on my last post. We all appreciated it. Things have continued to be challenging, although the Dafter is settling better in college,...
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All Souls’ Day: Reflections
Hello everyone! Thank you for your lovely comments on my last post. Here is another wee update, and some reflections on All Souls’ Day. In the Christian tradition (marked especially by the Catholic...
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Celebrating St. Columba on the Isle of Iona (Part I)
I recently had a very special experience: I sang with the Scottish Plainsong Choir in Iona Abbey. As you might know, St. Columba was an early Christian religious leader, who established a Christian...
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Singing in Iona Abbey (Celebrating St. Columba, part II)
So to continue my story of a wonderful trip to Iona with the Scottish Plainsong Choir, most of us were awakened on our first night by the wind and rain. At breakfast, those who had walked down from...
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Vespers in Iona Abbey (Celebrating St. Columba, part III)
This is the third post of a series about the wonderful weekend I spent on the Isle of Iona, singing with the Scottish Plainsong Choir. On Sunday morning we awoke to more rain tapping at the window. I...
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An unforgettable holiday: Barra and Eriskay, July 2017
Hello! What a fantastic holiday we had last month. We spent a week on the Isle of Barra, at the southern tip of the Outer Hebrides, before travelling up to Eriskay and points further north. We’d been...
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