tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57059823099320550862024-03-13T14:42:47.164+00:00The Accidental OrganistBooks, food, motherhood, translation... and lots of wrong notesCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16448300763872886022noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705982309932055086.post-2656389104428309242020-12-15T22:00:00.003+00:002020-12-15T22:00:15.059+00:00On Death - and Joy<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> On Monday, I learned that our 90-something parish sacristan had been found dead in his armchair.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It was my two eldest children who informed me of the fact. They'd heard it from the nuns at their school, who appear to act, among other things, as a parish news transmission service. (Seriously, it's something to behold. I would not be at all surprised to learn that the world is, in fact, entirely governed by nuns. But I digress.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> The first thought which popped into my head was rather unexpected, and to be honest, somewhat unsettling:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">"Oh. How lovely".</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A strange reaction, by anybody's standards - even mine. So I got to thinking about what it could mean.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This was a gentleman who lived alone, who was independent to the end. A regular at daily Mass, and a regular visitor to the residents of our local care home - most younger than himself. Despite evident difficulty walking, he'd insist on unlocking the organ for me on Sunday mornings, among many other things. He'll be missed. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So why did I react the way I did on hearing of his passing?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Just now, a second thought came, unbidden, to my mind: <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>He'll be celebrating Christmas in Heaven.<br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">But of course. Jesus invited him to His birthday party, and you don't say no to that. What greater joy could there possibly be?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> </i>Say a prayer for Mr. Saison, if you have a moment - and if I'm not much mistaken, he'll be up there praying for us.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><br /></p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16448300763872886022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705982309932055086.post-71032815285388710342020-12-14T15:02:00.001+00:002020-12-14T15:02:29.143+00:00In which I am still alive<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> So. 2020 is almost over, and I'm sure we're all pretty much ready to se the back of it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It has also been, oh, two and a half years since I last posted anything on here. The thing is, when I'm working, I'm up to my eyeballs in words most of the time, so there aren't any spare words to go on here. If anyone was wondering what it is I actually DO all day (on top of child-herding), ProZ recently released a very good guide to it: https://go.proz.com/blog/translation-the-inside-story . They really hit the nail on the head, if you replace "dog or cat" with "baby". Yes, they're time-consuming, but they don't make me sneeze. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Occasional waves of blog-related activity tend to appear when I'm on maternity leave... except when said maternity leave corresponds with a global pandemic, meaning school-at-home for the oldest four. As Ze Husband put it, "A lot of maternity. Not much leave". <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway, the planets have aligned and I have no work this week - so who knows, some Thoughts may make it onto a screen near you!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16448300763872886022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705982309932055086.post-50285953801163922432018-05-30T19:04:00.001+01:002018-05-30T19:04:44.076+01:00It's been a while.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello t'internets!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So we moved back to France. Yes, just like that. Well, sort of. See, Ze Husband's job was getting out of hand, and we decided, as a family, that a career change might be in order. Being totally financially-driven and pursuing professional success, maths teaching was the obvious option, and we felt that the whole retraining thing would be less disruptive in France. Only... I was pregnant, so we were going to wait until the baby came and ZH got his training posting in July, then move in August before school started.</span><br />
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<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16448300763872886022noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705982309932055086.post-76072450731278927262016-10-25T11:58:00.000+01:002016-10-25T11:58:12.197+01:00Hymns of the Week: 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16448300763872886022noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705982309932055086.post-41214973723465293342016-10-10T23:01:00.000+01:002016-10-10T23:01:01.801+01:00Hymns of the Week: 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16448300763872886022noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705982309932055086.post-15467948858556237442016-10-07T15:23:00.003+01:002016-10-07T15:23:49.328+01:00Seven Quick Takes, episode 20: in which there is capillary DIY<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It's Friday, it's nap time, so... 7QT!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>2. Ze husband and I hardly ever watch films together</b> - partly because 90+ minutes is a large chunk of time to commit to anything that isn't sleeping, but mostly because we can never agree what to watch. Last Friday, however, my sister was staying over and no-one had the mental energy for board games, so we rented <i>Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, </i>aaaand... we all really liked it! Darcy and Bingley are pathetic, but there were a lot of clever visual references to the BBC version, which I enjoyed, and a lot of zombies, which ZH enjoyed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>5. When did gendered pushchairs become a Thing?</b> My facebook newsfeed is covered with people looking for trolleys specifically for boys, or girls, or just to exchange theirs because they're bored of it. I've just upgraded ours because one of the wheels was about to fall off, but it only cost us £10 at a bumps and babies sale and has lasted us the best part of 3 years (and we're talking 3 years of heavy use, often with one child in the seat and one standing on the footrest). Marketing people must be very clever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>6. Did you know butter beans (lima beans) contain cyanide? </b>I knew you're not supposed to eat them raw and that you're meant to soak them before cooking, but I didn't know why. Now I do, and you do, too. (We may be eating butter beans at some point this weekend).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>7. Only two (or a few more) hours and it's the weeeeekeeeennnnnddd! </b>Ze Husband had an appointment at the French Consulate in London this afternoon to apply for a new passport, so he may not be back for quite some time - it's about five hours away with no traffic, but on a Friday evening, it's anybody's guess. Ve shall see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Linking up with <a href="http://www.thisaintthelyceum.org/">Kelly</a> for 7QT - time to see what everyone else has been up to!</i><b> </b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another <i>Fountains of Carrots </i>recommendation. DEFINITELY my favourite source of book suggestions at the moment (followed by my mother. Sorry, Mam). I'm not going to spoil anything, so just go and read it, ok? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm quite tempted to buy copies of this for several people, but then I'd be very upset if they didn't like it. Ho hum. Also, I rather like distributism (just don't tell the Labour Party, they might evict me). Anyone up for creating a distributist community in Normandy with me? Anyone? [crickets]</span><br />
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<i>Disclaimer: I've recently started using Amazon Associates, meaning that if you decide to buy anything through a link on my page, I (may) get a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. </i><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> </i> </span>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16448300763872886022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705982309932055086.post-56848686853204029872016-10-03T08:41:00.000+01:002016-10-03T08:41:10.089+01:00Hymns of the Week: 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>1. I've had quite a lot of work on recently</b>, hence the radio silence (can you still say that when you're talking about a computer ? Hmmmmm). One of my main clients is publishing a series on philosophy of science, which is ever-so-slightly more "artsy" than their usual fare. Being one of the only translators on their books with a background in something other than "conventional" science, I've ended up doing quite a lot of work on it. Let's just say that translating philosophy is a LOT harder than applied mathematics, fluid dynamics or, for that matter, fashion catalogues. Interesting, but my <i>leeetle grey cells </i>were ready for a rest this week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>2. Es can now climb stairs</b>, as I discovered yesterday when I found her halfway up ours. It's exactly like when we discovered that the Daleks could levitate in <i>Dr Who. </i>We'll just have to keep her away from sink plungers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>3. Since my last 7QT, Mx has STARTED SCHOOL</b>, to everyone's great relief. She's very outgoing, very sociable, and was very, very definitely ready for school. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>5. R. has decided he doesn't like visible vegetables</b>, especially those of a green variety. I can still sneak them past him in pasta sauce or soup, and there are some he eats even if he can see them, but heaven forbid we should attempt to serve him anything even vaguely resembling a leaf ("that's a LEAF! I don't LIKE leaves!"). I just try not to laugh <i>too </i>much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>6. Ze Husband and I celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary on Sunday</b>. He gave me a bar of chocolate and a packet of shiny insect stickers. I gave him a Lego minifigure and a bag of Haribo. We haven't changed much.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">7. Finally - it's nearly October! </span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers... I think we may have to go and find some leaves to jump in this weekend to celebrate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Linking up with <a href="http://www.thisaintthelyceum.org/">Kelly</a> for 7QT.</i> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16448300763872886022noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705982309932055086.post-12448411217600638692016-09-28T08:41:00.000+01:002016-09-28T13:43:27.550+01:00What I've been reading: Summer edition<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Summer, for me, is not ideal reading time. No preschool, no nursery... you get the picture. <i>Some</i> books still got read, though...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This book. THIS BOOK. In many ways, it reminded me of Mazo de la Roche's <i>Jalna </i>series, and I was plodding along, quite enjoying it, and then this happened:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"Catholic Christianity stands fast because it belongs to an order of things which doesn't change. It's made up of the same stuff of our hearts. It's the supernatural satisfaction of all our natural instincts. I doesn't deal with abstractions, but with everyday life. Its sacraments are all common things- food, drink, marriage, birth and death. Its highest act of worship is a meal; its most sacred figures are a dying man and a mother nursing her child. It's traditional in the sense that nature and life are traditional".</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There was another passage that exactly pinned down something I'd never been able to put into words about the Anglican church, too, but I can't find the scrap of paper I copied it onto... I'll attempt to post it when I find it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(I genuinely have no strong feelings about this book. Then again, I've never got the appeal of <i>Gatsby </i>either. Am I a philistine, or am I just too... not-American?) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Elizabeth Jane Howard is one of the (many) authors I added to my list whilst reading <i>Howards End is on the Landing</i>. This is a collection of short stories with a fairly wide range of subject matter. I didn't enjoy the first one (REALLY not my style), but the others were more to my taste.<i> Summer Picnic </i>merits an individual mention, if only for the following quotation:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That brings us to mid-August, so I suspect another book post may be coming before too long.<i> </i>Also, Ze Husband has been reading <i>Brideshead Revisited</i>, and I suspect his reactions could be interesting... </span>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16448300763872886022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705982309932055086.post-21824890849730302372016-09-27T14:18:00.001+01:002016-09-27T14:18:37.761+01:00Hymns of the Week: 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've spent the last few weeks dealing with a really bigandcomplicated (yes, that IS all one word) translation project, which has been taking over my time to the point where I've actually been choosing hymns ON Sunday morning. Oh yes.</span><br />
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<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16448300763872886022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705982309932055086.post-62437625010470056212016-08-12T15:35:00.001+01:002016-08-12T15:35:55.336+01:00Seven Quick Takes, Episode 18: Oh wait, that's right, I have a blog<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Haaaappy Friday, Internets! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1. I turned 30 this week. In my head, I've been "about" 30 for at least two years, so it wasn't too traumatic. I spent most of the day throwing up, but my mummy made me a birthday cake, so it was a proper birthday all the same :-)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(N.B. This is not, I repeat <i>not</i>, a pregnancy announcement. We just all had a rather nasty tummy bug this week). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yes, my children inspect our rubbish, and I now have to HIDE THINGS IN THE BIN. Not because I'm ashamed, but because <i>I just can't face the interrogation.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The news about Fr. Jacques Hamel yesterday felt like a kick in the gut. It brought everything into very, very sharp focus, and <i>I'm scared</i>.</span><br />
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<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16448300763872886022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705982309932055086.post-81466200074804283042016-07-27T11:10:00.001+01:002016-07-27T11:10:20.767+01:00Hymns of the Week: 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, year C<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16448300763872886022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705982309932055086.post-49841881174193901162016-07-23T19:03:00.002+01:002016-07-23T19:03:33.746+01:00Hymns of the Week: 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time, year C<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16448300763872886022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705982309932055086.post-54965032733171006902016-07-17T19:14:00.001+01:002016-07-23T19:02:01.179+01:00Hymns of the Week: 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16448300763872886022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705982309932055086.post-48639203214971938462016-07-04T13:20:00.004+01:002016-07-04T13:20:44.865+01:00Hymns of the Week: 15th Sunday of Ordinay Time, Year C<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16448300763872886022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705982309932055086.post-72580485985109829072016-06-28T20:07:00.000+01:002016-06-28T20:07:51.892+01:00Hymns of the Week: 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's on a cushion bought in Spain in the later 1980s, copyright Cinema Marketing Corporation, so probably a character in some kind of animated film. Any assistance in identifying the beast would be gratefully received.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>3. Also this week, <a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/yahweh_not_to_be_used_in_liturgy_songs_and_prayers_cardinal_arinze_says/">Cardinal Arinze has asked us to stop using the word "Yahweh" in the liturgy</a>. </b>Personally, I've always fel<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t</span> that God has enough titles which can be used reverently, lovingly and respectfully without us needing to make up new words from the Hebrew tetragrammaton, which serves to represent a name which <i>should not be pronounced. </i>Also, the musical value of what a priest friend calls "Yahweh songs" is generally pretty limited, so... no great loss.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>4. Our childminder has some pretty amazing ideas for parent presents. </b>Ze Husband got this off R for father's day:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>6. On a more positive note (again) - I keep seeing tiny babies everywhere this week! </b>Es seems huge all of a sudden... somehow, I don't think we'll be stopping at three, but we may need a bigger house first. Four kids in one small bedroom would just be nuts, even for us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>7. The last one is for any desperate Brits out there: </b><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/how-to-keep-your-eu-citizenship-after-brexit-a7081186.html">all is not lost</a>. Pick a country. Any country...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Linking up with <a href="http://www.thisaintthelyceum.org/">Kelly</a> for 7QT. In the spirit of unity, sharing and friendship across the whole wide interweb, obviously.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>7. In other news, I've <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">started trying to create some kind of social med<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ia presence for this blog. </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There's a <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Twitter button at the top right of this page, and I'm now on B<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">loglovin<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, so i<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">f anyone would like to follow, that would be very kind, thankyouverymuch, have some virtual cake (now wih virtual calories!).<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">won't be joining I<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n</span>stagram any time soon (see point <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1)<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, but am contemplating a Facebook page. Thoughts?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<br />Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16448300763872886022noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705982309932055086.post-19981133240458968292016-06-14T10:45:00.001+01:002016-06-14T21:23:47.520+01:00Hymns of the Week: 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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