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Father, Husband, Theologian, Gardener, Reader, Author ("Hope for A Tree" and "In A Vision of the Night") Low-level Theological Educator
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The oldest child came home today after 55 days in hospital, an eleven hour operation, and three inches more height. When I took him to theatre for the operation, I counted two consultant surgeons, four assistant surgeons, two consultant anaesthetists, an anaesthetic nurse and a couple of others.

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I'm trying not to use Amazon unless I really have to; needed to get something for the boy's hospital discharge tomorrow and goodness me the site is slow....

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Another good trip to Wanted Records in Bristol. #vinylsky

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This picture of Henry Rollins pretty much sums up my life goals :) #vinylsky #music

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#nowplaying Asphodels, January's new release from The Veils. A lovely collection of songs. Recommended.

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#booksky #bookchallenge 20/20 Beautifully plotted, with deep & rich characters inhabiting a world of agents & Whitehall that is not real but has come to shape our perception of what that world really is & was. Le Carré writes some of the best dialogue ever. I will always come back to Smiley and co.

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January Reading Round-Up An enjoyable start to the year in six very different books. In order of preference, I'd go: Raising Hare, You Should Have Left, A Cold Spell, Vita Contemplativa, The Human Stain, The Trunk None were bad though #booksky

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Eggers’ polemic against the insidious ways that technology conquers life looks more prescient and relevant with every passing year. It’s a caricature and a rant, yes, but it’s not wrong about how easily we buckle to Big Tech’s outrageous claims and hubris. #booksky #bookchallenge 19

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#booksky #bookchallenge 18/20 Ogawa’s novel was not my entrance to Japanese literature, but it is one of the most delightful. There is a serenity and peace to it, a simplicity of style and plot and character that is beguiling and beautiful.

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The first time I read this it made me want to be a better, kinder father. I still do. This and her other novels show a profound and insightful understanding of humanity, faith, love and hope. #booksky #bookchallenge no. 17

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#booksky #bookchallenge 16 As a child, this was the one Narnia story that I always loved. I probably found the Pevensey children a bit annoying, but the romance & adventure of a boy & a girl & their horses in flight, as well as identities rediscovered, captivated my 10 year old self.

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#booksky #bookchallenge 15 Fermor’s account of a teenage walk to Constantinople in the late 1930s evokes a world of tender hospitality & European counts, barons & peasants that is gone forever, crushed under Nazism & Communism. The foreshadowings of all that was to follow are heartbreakingly sad.

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#booksky #bookchallenge 14 Yann Martel never bettered this amazing novel.

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