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Connections
I was musing in my last post about the connectedness of things I had been reading and being concerned about. Well something occurs to me. I think that people find it hard to connect and remember things in the first person - so to remember the connections and implications that apply to any one person at any given time. So..... That because Someone ( Read more... ) -
And after that, there was Internet, and all that entails
It means I can tweet from my bed, check the weather at 0630 and translate stuff into Turkish (I have a Turkish friend who speaks little English, this is quite important) at all hours of the morning/night. It means I can use my iPod anywhere in the house, which is BLOODY WONDERFUL! It means I can sort out my internet banking again and live my life ( Read more... ) -
Hey...
Forgive the radio silence - we will be back online I hope by the weekend. Regular posting should then recommence. The house is lovely, SmallGirls room is the only one completely painted and finished at the moment but that's the way we want it. She has a pink palace and she is a very happy rabbit. She even has a big girl bed - a real big girl bed ( Read more... ) -
And then, suddenly....
........................................................................we got a house.
After nearly a week of see-sawing on a house where we were third, being told several different sets of information and being so stressed about things that I literally was sick on Monday morning.
On Tuesday we were called to see if we were still interested in the ( Read more... ) -
Agonies and Ecstasies
The last couple of days have been pretty good here (although I realise I writing this on a Saturday night at 9pm, anything could happen this evening) and people have generally been getting on pretty well. A house meeting in the week means that all rooms now have the landline access number for repairs and emergencies in our rooms - we have a call ( Read more... ) -
Random Spouting from the notes of Bees
How do I say that what we are doing is wrong? That the maths simply doesn’t add up? That we are handling street homelessness as well as we ever have but that this isn’t enough, we have become so prejudiced and confused by our own situations - most of the time we are all fighting to make the ends meet, especially at the moment - we struggle harder ( Read more... ) -
Life for Rent
More musing in the last few days about the services I’m supposed to be taking this year about homelessness. I think we need to think more about what people expect happens when you are homeless, I’m seriously considering canvassing the church I’m preaching at in March ahead of time ( Read more... ) -
Just another day for you and me in paradise.....
I am so utterly fed up with this place today that I barely know what to write ( Read more... )