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Month: December 2019

Arts

Wankpuffin’s 2019 Going Postal Fireside Christmas Special Spectacular

25th December 2019 Going Postal 8982 Comments

Thanks to all of you who wrote the songs. We couldn’t use all of them, due to lack of time and talent (see grovelling apology in the credits). They will be used in the next [more…]

Arts

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

25th December 2019 OldTrout 1099 Comments

Painted in about 1470/75, it is in the National Gallery. One of my favourite carols: Merry Christmas!   OldTrout 2019  

Christianity

The Paradox of Christ’s Nativity

24th December 2019 1642again 5899 Comments

“In the beginning was the Word. and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  The same was in the beginning with God.  All things were made by Him, and without Him was [more…]

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A Going Postal Christmas Carol: Miriam’s Shack

23rd December 2019 Going Postal 5568 Comments

If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; Then may also my covenant be broken with [more…]

Arts

The Holly and the Ivy

23rd December 2019 OldTrout 1028 Comments

The words of the carol occur in three broadsides published in Birmingham in the early nineteenth century. An early mention of the carol’s title occurs in William Hone’s 1823 work Ancient Mysteries Described, which includes [more…]

Fiction

Némésis – Book 2 Part 10

22nd December 2019 Blown Periphery 1185 Comments

8/9th February 2018 – Pakistan, Afghanistan, Washington DC and Islamabad FCO Travel Advice for Pakistan: Local travel The Pakistan authorities currently advise that “all foreigners, including diplomats may not move out of their city of [more…]

Arts

The Coventry Carol

22nd December 2019 OldTrout 1878 Comments

The fourth Sunday of Advent. #Love Original spelling Modernised spelling Lully, lulla, thow littell tine child, By by, lully, lullay thow littell tyne child, By by, lully, lullay! Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child, Bye [more…]

Arts

Postcard from Lille, Part 44

21st December 2019 Always Worth Saying 1651 Comments

There may not be a Santo Domingo and Macapagal intersection, suitable for bus spotting after a courier drop. There is a Roberto Orca and Bonifacio Drive and that’s where we’re stood right now this minute, [more…]

Hobbies

Crossword No. 97

21st December 2019 Going Postal 1708 Comments

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a Christmas puffin mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Christmas Day subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last weeks’ winner. 96 – Audrey’s Daughter. Answers [more…]

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