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Silent Night (Stille-Nacht-Kapelle)

24th December 2022 OldTrout 5977 Comments

The Silent Night Chapel (Stille-Nacht-Kapelle) is located in the town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg in the Austrian province of Salzburg, and is a monument to the Christmas carol Silent Night and its librettist, Joseph Mohr [more…]

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In The Bleak Midwinter

19th December 2022 OldTrout 2633 Comments

This is a poem written by Christina Rossetti, set to music first by Gustav Holst in 1906 and then by Harold Darke in 1911. This is by Darke :   RIP Caroline Catherine McNicholas 2nd [more…]

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Les Fogueres De Sant Joan De Alicante

18th December 2022 Going Postal 3498 Comments

The history of burning offerings before the summer solstice can be traced back to prehistoric times. It is part cleansing and part preparation for the coming harvest. At some time in recent history it became [more…]

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Burning heretics

5th October 2022 Rookwood 1919 Comments

“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” We live in very strange times indeed. The United Kingdom applies some of the most draconian libel laws in the Western world, while [more…]

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The Amazing Life (And Death) of Xpoual (Es-po-al) De Colon

26th September 2022 Going Postal 3134 Comments

There is no definitive date for the birth of Xpoual de Colon. It is believed he was born between August 26th and October 31st in 1451 in Genoa, although there are also claims that he [more…]

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Towers And Lovers

26th August 2022 Going Postal 1973 Comments

The train from Cartagena is eleven minutes late arriving into Alicante and almost twenty minutes behind schedule by the time it leaves for Zaragoza. Not that anyone minds, it is the way of the things [more…]

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The Lord’s Prayer

7th August 2022 Going Postal 1726 Comments

My Own Interpretation The Lord’s Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our [more…]

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Set in Stone

2nd August 2022 SharpieType301 2859 Comments

This tale begins, as so many tales do, on a dismal winter’s day. This particular day, a miserably chilly and grey February one, was a decidedly rubbish day. Not only had Mr S and I [more…]

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The great delusion

3rd April 2022 Rookwood 1683 Comments

It is abundantly clear, to those that have eyes to see at least, that the average man or woman has been shaken to their very core by the events that have occurred over the past [more…]

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