tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66092962024-03-07T07:23:24.250+00:00Visor ThoughtsWell, it turned out to be more like six monthsragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.comBlogger934125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-40784101426557691882020-05-29T10:00:00.000+01:002020-05-29T10:00:44.566+01:00coronaviruslockdown is being relaxed / we can ( officially ) travel 5 miles ( in scotLand ) ... <div><br /></div><div>at some point / we were self-isolating // i had symptoms ... </div><div><br /></div><div>during the first night ( i was afraid ) / and i learned that jesus walks ahead ( if he's behind, I guess, we're probably going in the wrong direction ) ... </div><div><br /></div><div>is that why we are told / to follow jesus ... </div>ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-47743481348807990092019-02-26T10:44:00.001+00:002019-02-26T11:53:19.267+00:00why<p dir="ltr">believing in God / is troublesome, difficult // why bother ...</p>
<p dir="ltr">[ worth reading / Deuteronomy 30 ] </p>
ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-30176876100656775012019-01-22T09:23:00.000+00:002019-01-22T09:23:00.835+00:00aspirationtrying to focus on Jesus ...ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-88839024396635438242018-01-25T20:49:00.001+00:002018-01-25T20:49:58.949+00:00defeatI have tried to believe ( as I have been taught ) ...ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-6056419066680498352018-01-24T22:10:00.001+00:002018-01-24T22:10:27.656+00:00latereflecting / at the end of the day / on truth ... <div><br></div><div>what is it / what if something we've believed for ages to be true / turns out not to be ...</div>ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-15139718114533089512017-10-08T20:06:00.001+01:002017-10-08T20:06:25.107+01:00peacesabbath rest / not a destination / but a pause along the way ...ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-15199558898818620322017-10-07T22:17:00.002+01:002017-10-07T22:17:41.066+01:00trustI trusted / God / and the church of scotland / when I volunteered to become treasurer / of this church ...ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-67120900765316877922017-10-05T20:26:00.001+01:002017-10-05T20:26:54.968+01:00restjesus says / my yoke is easy, and my burden is light ... ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-56244475381891194492017-10-04T22:31:00.001+01:002017-10-04T22:31:16.487+01:00excitementthankful to God, that the car key was found ...ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-11873284745449440672017-10-02T21:04:00.002+01:002017-10-02T21:04:45.054+01:00outer darknesswhere most of us are headed ...ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-16975310933427952032017-10-01T21:17:00.001+01:002017-10-01T21:17:42.349+01:00exhaustionbut / there are still challenges ...ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-82368304781710172672017-09-29T21:41:00.001+01:002017-09-29T21:47:53.176+01:00forgivethose who forgive / are forgiven ...ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-85995668093512457302017-09-28T22:13:00.001+01:002017-09-28T22:13:51.364+01:00it's been a while<p dir="ltr">sapphire has taken over my bed / it's been a tiring day / we're nowhere near the hoped for place / where every current task is complete / but, we've done what we could ...</p>
ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-45005525781564664372016-11-05T11:42:00.000+00:002016-11-05T11:43:11.410+00:00it's okbut / only just ...ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-73148420060294059502016-10-29T10:58:00.000+01:002016-10-29T10:58:17.795+01:00wordsnot much time / retirement ( if that's what it is ) has not brought leisure ( with possible financial meltdown ) ...<br />
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but / it's saturday / and, I have a few minutes ...<br />
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words matter ( thinking ahead / to next week's showtime // there are words, there is music, there is movement, there are costumes ) / but / are the words true ...<br />
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did Jesus heal people / really ( or / did the gospel writers / pretend that he did / to make their stories more impressive ) // he doesn't, consistently, heal people, nowadays ( the leprosy mission / is staffed / with scientists / not magicians ) ...<br />
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are we allowed / to ask questions / or / is, even asking a question / by implication / lacking faith ...ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-64884949721941795232015-12-12T11:18:00.001+00:002015-12-12T11:18:40.490+00:00the endyesterday / I attended / my last / work related / event ( as far as I am currently aware ) ...<br />
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but, of course, life goes on ... ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-89332682373874801632015-11-28T09:58:00.002+00:002015-12-12T11:15:19.394+00:00disciplineof course, work took up a huge amount of time, and energy ...<br />
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in return, of course, my employer paid me ...<br />
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how are we going to make this ( retirement ) work ...ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-87221789075460110452015-11-21T11:36:00.002+00:002015-11-21T11:36:44.914+00:00timehow did I ever find time / to go to work ...<br />
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there is so much to be done / but I am not as desperate / as I was ...ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-22546748619622364212015-11-07T11:36:00.001+00:002015-11-07T11:36:13.864+00:00week oneok, difficult, on the whole ...<br />
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putting on a show with <a href="http://www.musicalyouth.co.uk/">encore</a> has been challenging / possibly a good thing, as I deal with being, for the time being, retired // some uncomfortable thoughts / wondering if I should have abandoned musical theatre / and saved the energy // perhaps I could have managed to make the job work // I did try, for a few months ...<br />
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personal challenges / family challenges // early days, though ...ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-64944629903281714622015-10-10T07:47:00.000+01:002015-10-10T07:47:07.060+01:00mixed feelingsMy employer has been running a voluntary severance scheme, and I put my name forward. I was told this week that my willingness to go has been 'approved'. As of the end of this month, I shall be an ex-employee.ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-70489880760341914062015-09-19T14:18:00.000+01:002015-09-19T14:18:35.729+01:00minimal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A week to-day, these chimneys ( and the turbine hall ) will be no more. This, too, shall pass ...ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-52948099317087483772015-05-09T07:44:00.002+01:002015-05-09T07:44:32.753+01:00sorrytime to reflect / time to say, first: sorry / to acknowledge ( personally ) that my behaviour / has, at times / not been attractive / or entirely respectful towards another person / or people ...<br />
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and to base / any hope / that things will improve / on the character of Jesus / who welcomed sinners / and ( in a sense ) still does ...ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-34105417831953262032015-04-25T18:41:00.002+01:002015-04-25T18:41:52.683+01:00despairthe word is in the English language for a reason / it means something / which people experience ...<br />
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sorry, to have disturbed this beautiful bird / but we know that he (or she) found another spot / and renewed her hunt / for a delicious fish ...ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-76462160450938291832015-03-21T17:20:00.002+00:002015-03-21T17:20:59.548+00:00spring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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as life returns ...ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609296.post-38062442967566127232014-12-27T21:15:00.002+00:002014-12-27T21:15:19.743+00:00ten years<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I guess that I haven't made much sense / and it's time to call it a day ...ragaMuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591565884424532073noreply@blogger.com1