Category Archives: Advent
Looking back at the Advent challenge
The Advent Challenge was one of those well thought out not really very well thought out ideas. I had an idea I’d quite like to do five days about commuting & then five days that were book reviews. I didn’t … Continue reading
Advent 25: The Day Itself
Happy Christmas. Here marks the end of my advent adventure/challenge but stick around as something exciting (well, I think it’s exciting) will be happening from tomorrow until New Year’s Eve. Thank you for reading, following along and chipping in over … Continue reading
Weekly blog club: Something for Santa
This is what we left out for Santa on Christmas Eve at my parents house. Milk (for Santa) with a jam tart. Bowl of water & a carrot for Comet the reindeer. It’s really lovely to be discharging my Uncley … Continue reading
Advent 23: Lightmoor Bricks.
Looking into the history of Lightmoor has been a fascination for me since moving to the village. It’s been nice as I mention to friends locations around where I live and their faces light up with recognition. It’s usually that … Continue reading
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Tagged advent, Eighteenth Century, england, History, industrial revolution, ironbridge, lightmoor, Shropshire
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Advent 22: Christmas in Lightmoor
My love for Christmas is well documented (ignore the things that my workmates may tell you). It’s important for communities to mark seasonal moments together. In Lightmoor one of these important seasonal celebratory moments happened recently. It was the second … Continue reading
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Tagged Bournville, christmas, Holidays, lightmoor, Oak Tree Centre, Religion and Spirituality
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Advent 21: Lightmoor Book Club
I’m really proud of Lightmoor Book Club. It grew out of a conversation between three Lightmoor residents on twitter (Me, Sharon and Jake).
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Tagged advent, books, community, lightmoor, lightmoor book club
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Advent 19: Lympics
I can’t hope to encapsulate the whole of the Jubilympics in one post and I don’t intend to. I don’t even intend to deconstructe the whole of the Opening Ceremony. Just one tiny piece that made me bawl and still has the capacity … Continue reading
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Tagged advent, calibans dream, Olympian, Olympic Flame, Olympic Games
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Advent 18: Jubilee!
As soon as you mumble the word Jubilee at me I get the rest of the line from a Eden Burning track in my head. The whole line is: Jubilee good news for the poor, the acceptable year of The … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, advent, jubilee
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Advent 17: A one man crime wave
Yeah, I know, a slightly misleading post title… I’m not quite a one man crime wave but rather this year has been a difficult year for dealing with a number of homophobic hate crimes in various guises. (This post also … Continue reading
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Tagged hate crime, Homophobia, Shropshire
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Advent 16: Trains, Delays and Overcrowding
And now we move into the next set of posts: Significant Events in 2012. I’m going to try and move through the year in some kind of sequential order but I’m not going to try and address universally significant events. … Continue reading
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Tagged advent, advent challenge, Birmingham City Centre, commute, commuting, London Midland, Panorama, Shropshire, trains, wellington
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Advent 13: That Was The Worst Christmas…
That was the worst Christmas I: I returned home for Christmas on Christmas Eve. Christmas with my family runs along traditional timings that we’ve developed. There’s a wonderful familiarity knowing that Christmas Eve I can expect a roasted joint of … Continue reading
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