Author: Katherine Garda
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One last true breath
Turn the life support machine off! … Take one last true breath and if needs be, die with dignity ….. we can afford to let go and switch off…. coz the eternal rule of thumb is death to life …. For all ‘groups’, structures and…
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Thirteen
Odd, the Odd One Out, an Odyssey. Twists and turns, a convoluted route, meandering in the right direction yet often at 90 degrees to it. Unpredictable, quirky, an unknown equation.. The oddest of years. The ‘oddness’ is not negative, it is just very, very different.…
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The role of the island, the outpost…
I see Iona, an island on the western edge of Scotland ablaze with the fire of the gospel and sending it out to ignite the mainland. I see Lindesfarne, an island on the eastern coast of Northumbria drenched in the wine of the gospel and…
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The South West
Ten days ago I arrived in Caerleon for the second time, completing the ‘treasure chest’ walks and the ‘kiss’ in the centre of middle England, the Midland. It was a toughy but it is done and the trophy is ‘in the bag’, the completion was immense which seemed…
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Nelly
Beautiful 40 yr old Asian elephant makes a run for it in Ireland….Indeed Nelly, it is time to pack the trunk and say Goodbye to the ‘Circus’…massive sign from east to west, Ireland, spit the bit, buck the harness and break company with such tricksters…
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Lincoln to Caerleon May 2nd – 6th
This next walk is coming into focus now being the last of 6 walks to complete the ‘Treasure Chest’ that demarcates middle England as an area with Lincoln, Chester, Caerleon and St Albans as it’s four corners. Having walked the perimeter of this ‘Treasure Chest’, I…