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Month: December 2020

Making Space for the Magic

Making Space for the Magic

We are currently watching yet another medical drama, on Sky TV, called Transplant. Its about a Syrian refugee living in Canada with his very young sister. He is a qualified doctor and after some hardship gets a job in a big hospital. We are learning his very traumatic back story slowly and I am finding it very thought provoking. In the episode we watched last night there was a scene where he has a conversation with another doctor and he…

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Symphony!

Symphony!

It is funny how, when you absent yourself from social media for a little while, you seem to disappear. Most mornings when I wake up there will be anywhere between 10 and 30 notifications on my Facebook feed. This morning there were 3! That damn Facebook algorithm. I wasn’t even completely gone, just standing to one side for a short while, dealing with other “stuff”.The irony was not lost on me though, because I have been vaguely contemplating my demise….

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Tradition!

Tradition!

Tradition and Ritual December. The last month of the year. Dark and cold but illuminated with a million coloured lights as we prepare to celebrate the great winter festival that is Christmas. A combination of religious commemoration of the birth of a child 2020 years ago and a wild pagan festival. Rather a strange mix, don’t you think? There is a great article here if you want to know a bit more about the history! https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-pagan-roots-of-christmas Whatever your beliefs about…

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