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45. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another sort of birth meditation, this time about a particular birth, that of Jesus Christ. It begins famously with a passage from a seventeenth-century sermon ('All poets imitate', said Eliot, 'great poets plagiarise'), and ends with a carefully calculated set of anticlimaxes - very Eliot. What happens when a birth - Jesus's 'birth', as the poet starts re-discovering Christian faith - changes everything? The bizarre fact is that it can feel as if nothing has really changed, except that you have a sense that no one else has noticed what has happened - because something certainly has. 'Birth or death?' A new start that is felt only as the death of all that has been familiar; and yet the old world goes on, galloping aimlessly like the old white horse. Eliot never wanted to present religious faith as a nice cheerful answer to everyone's questions, but as an inner shift so deep that you could hardly notice it, yet giving a new perspective on everything and a new restlessness in a tired and chilly world. The flatness of the rhythms and phrasing, the utterly prosaic way of describing a miracle, all contribute to what turns out to be an intensely imagined and challenging poem that I first read as a boy and that still moves and disturbs me as much as it did then.</span><br />
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103. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas</span><br />
104. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cos turkeys jus wanna hav fun</span><br />
105. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Turkeys are cool, an turkeys are wicked</span><br />
106. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">An every turkey has a Mum.</span><br />
107. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas,</span><br />
108. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don't eat it, keep it alive,</span><br />
109. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It could be yu mate an not on yu plate</span><br />
110. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Say, Yo! Turkey I'm on your side.</span><br />
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112. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I got lots of friends who are turkeys</span><br />
113. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">An all of dem fear christmas time,</span><br />
114. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dey say 'Benj man, eh, I wanna enjoy it, </span><br />
115. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But dose humans destroyed it</span><br />
116. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">An humans are out of dere mind,</span><br />
117. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yeah, I got lots of friends who are turkeys</span><br />
118. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dey all hav a right to a life,</span><br />
119. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not to be caged up an genetically made up</span><br />
120. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">By any farmer an his wife.</span><br />
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122. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Turkeys jus wanna play reggae</span><br />
123. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Turkeys jus wanna hip-hop</span><br />
124. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Havey you ever seen a nice young turkey saying,</span><br />
125. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">'I cannot wait for de chop'?</span><br />
126. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Turkeys like getting presents, dey wanna watch christmas TV,</span><br />
127. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Turkeys hav brains an turkeys feel pain</span><br />
128. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In many ways like yu an me.</span><br />
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130. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I once knew a turkey His name was Turkey</span><br />
131. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He said 'Benji explain to me please,</span><br />
132. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Who put de turkey in christmas</span><br />
133. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">An what happens to christmas trees?'</span><br />
134. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I said, 'I am not too sure Turkey</span><br />
135. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But it's nothing to do wid Christ Mass</span><br />
136. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Humans get greedy and waste more dan need be</span><br />
137. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">An business men mek loadsa cash.'</span><br />
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139. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, be nice to yu turkey dis christmas</span><br />
140. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Invite dem indoors fe sum greens</span><br />
141. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let dem eat cake an let dem partake</span><br />
142. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In a plate of organic grown beans,</span><br />
143. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Be nice to yu turkey dis christmas</span><br />
144. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">An spare dem de cut of de knife,</span><br />
145. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Join Turkeys United an dey'll be delighted</span><br />
146. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">An yu will mek new friends 'FOR LIFE'</span><br />
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182. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mary, did you know</span><br />
183. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That your baby boy will one day walk on water?</span><br />
184. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you know</span><br />
185. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That your baby boy will save our sons and daughters?</span><br />
186. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you know</span><br />
187. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That your baby boy has come to make you new?</span><br />
188. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This child that you delivered</span><br />
189. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will soon deliver you</span><br />
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192. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mary, did you know</span><br />
193. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That your baby boy will give sight to a blind man?</span><br />
194. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you know</span><br />
195. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That your baby boy will calm a storm with his hand?</span><br />
196. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you know</span><br />
197. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That your baby boy has walked where angels trod?</span><br />
198. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And when you kiss your little baby</span><br />
199. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You kiss the face of God?</span><br />
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201. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mary, did you know?</span><br />
202. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The blind will see</span><br />
203. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The deaf will hear</span><br />
204. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And the dead will live again</span><br />
205. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The lame will leap</span><br />
206. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The dumb will speak</span><br />
207. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The praises of the Lamb</span><br />
208. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
209. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mary, did you know</span><br />
210. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That your baby boy is Lord of all creation?</span><br />
211. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you know</span><br />
212. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That your baby boy will one day rule the nations?</span><br />
213. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you know</span><br />
214. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That your baby boy is heavens perfect lamb?</span><br />
215. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This sleeping child you're holding</span><br />
216. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Is the great 'I am'.</span><br />
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221. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Christmas Tree - Laurence Smith</span><br />
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223. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Star over all</span><br />
224. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eye of the night</span><br />
225. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stand on my tree</span><br />
226. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Magical sight</span><br />
227. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Green under frost</span><br />
228. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Green under snow</span><br />
229. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Green under tinsel</span><br />
230. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Glitter and glow</span><br />
231. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Applied with baubles</span><br />
232. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Silver and gold</span><br />
233. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spangled with fire</span><br />
234. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Warm over cold.</span><br />
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236. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Christmas Tree - Stanley Cook</span><br />
237. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
238. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stores and filling stations prefer a roof</span><br />
239. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For Christmas Trees, away from the pilfering children,</span><br />
240. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And set the cost against their income tax;</span><br />
241. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Florists sell them at something a foot</span><br />
242. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And like the rest of Christmas illuminations</span><br />
243. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They use electricity in off-peak periods:</span><br />
244. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Enough to make steal an honest tree</span><br />
245. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">From a Forestry Commission planting.</span><br />
246. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Isn’t there somewhere in the woods a fir</span><br />
247. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beneath whose natural pagoda of branches</span><br />
248. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Deer bivouac, that dredges silver</span><br />
249. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">From an accident of moonlight</span><br />
250. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And roofs the moss from snow that falls on higher ground?</span><br />
251. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Isn’t there a the child, beneath the presents</span><br />
252. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;We heap upon him, that we are fond of?&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/feeds/8281447368990329178/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5782314588614780807&amp;postID=8281447368990329178' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/8281447368990329178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/8281447368990329178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/2013/12/13th-december-two-christmas-tree-poems.html' title='13th December: two Christmas Tree poems'/><author><name>David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09623766673384924120</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sFsjOEVKhOw/STKURF3tFFI/AAAAAAAABM4/TFzREWt9p28/S220/David+Vign+300.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5782314588614780807.post-3494989375614106298</id><published>2013-12-11T20:44:00.005+00:00</published><updated>2013-12-11T20:44:55.324+00:00</updated><title type='text'>11th December: Evening Star</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Another JMW Turner - The Evening Star. A bit early for the Christmas Eve star...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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268. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is heard a hymn when the panes are dim,</span><br />
269. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And never before or again;</span><br />
270. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When the nights are strong with a darkness long,</span><br />
271. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And the dark is alive with rain.</span><br />
272. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
273. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Never we know but in sleet and in snow,</span><br />
274. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The place where the great fires are,</span><br />
275. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That the midst of the earth is a raging mirth,</span><br />
276. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And the heart of the earth a star.</span><br />
277. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
278. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And at night we win to the ancient inn</span><br />
279. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Where the child in the frost is furled,</span><br />
280. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We follow the feet where all souls meet</span><br />
281. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At the inn at the end of the world.</span><br />
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283. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The gods lie dead where the leaves lie red,</span><br />
284. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For the flame of the sun is flown,</span><br />
285. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The gods lie cold where the leaves lie gold,</span><br />
286. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And a Child comes forth alone.</span><br />
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288. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One explanation of the poem says that Chesterton was inspired by Dickens’ A Christmas Carol where, near the end of the Crachet Family Christmas dinner, we read:</span><br />
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290. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All this time the chestnuts and the jug went round and round; and by-and-bye they had a song, about a lost child travelling in the snow, from Tiny Tim, who had a plaintive little voice, and sang it very well indeed.</span><br />
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295. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have specially composed this arrangement for solo piano of two Advent carols: O come, O come, and The Angel Gabriel. My thinking was, simply, footsteps. Either the journey we are all on in life, or the journey that Mary and Joseph made to Bethlehem, or anything else that involves waiting to arrive, or waiting for an arrival</span><br />
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321. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCgfBLj-yPhgVSBanqiKOH3oM1gaJ79Afx41YQa_rB0il6sD6WRa0xOHodR1fbA6Vhyphenhyphen6_Y4wfAh7SZiDNp08DU7APQ53HgfQqrtZFaIYqFHtpSFqbpLnyCbYcPOeXXGFW8_HuXGBoGP4/s1600/PC060958+dawn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCgfBLj-yPhgVSBanqiKOH3oM1gaJ79Afx41YQa_rB0il6sD6WRa0xOHodR1fbA6Vhyphenhyphen6_Y4wfAh7SZiDNp08DU7APQ53HgfQqrtZFaIYqFHtpSFqbpLnyCbYcPOeXXGFW8_HuXGBoGP4/s400/PC060958+dawn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
322. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
323. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
324. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nelson Mandela brought a new dawn to South Africa. Here’s a poem by Dennis Brutus - more about him below</span><br />
325. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
326. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Christmas 1965</span><br />
327. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
328. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Through the bruises and the spittle</i></span><br />
329. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>the miasma of invective</i></span><br />
330. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>and the scaled refractions of our prejudice</i></span><br />
331. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>painfully man emerges.</i></span><br />
332. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
333. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Straw, shavings, hay</i></span><br />
334. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>and the mist of the cows’ cloudbreath:</i></span><br />
335. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>and through it flickered the lambence</i></span><br />
336. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>of man’s inherent divinity.</i></span><br />
337. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
338. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dennis Brutus, 1924 - 2009. Born in Salisbury (now Harare) in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) of coloured parents. Grew up and educated in South Africa. He taught English and Afrikaans in South African high schools. Because of his opposition to apartheid he was fired and banned from teaching and eventually jailed on Robben Island where he served 18 months’ hard labour. He was allowed to leave with his family and became an active campaigner. You can read an obituary <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dennis-brutus-activist-whose-efforts-helped-bring-about-the-end-of-apartheid-1854707.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
339. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
340. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tomorrow: Ken has arranged music for advent: The World Waits</span><br />
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343. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/feeds/4806475629638765793/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5782314588614780807&amp;postID=4806475629638765793' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/4806475629638765793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/4806475629638765793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/2013/12/7th-december-new-dawn.html' title='7th December: a new dawn'/><author><name>David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09623766673384924120</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sFsjOEVKhOw/STKURF3tFFI/AAAAAAAABM4/TFzREWt9p28/S220/David+Vign+300.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCgfBLj-yPhgVSBanqiKOH3oM1gaJ79Afx41YQa_rB0il6sD6WRa0xOHodR1fbA6Vhyphenhyphen6_Y4wfAh7SZiDNp08DU7APQ53HgfQqrtZFaIYqFHtpSFqbpLnyCbYcPOeXXGFW8_HuXGBoGP4/s72-c/PC060958+dawn.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5782314588614780807.post-5046170094744325100</id><published>2013-12-05T23:46:00.000+00:00</published><updated>2013-12-05T23:55:52.724+00:00</updated><title type='text'>6th December: a poem by Ursula Fanthorpe</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Ursula Fanthorpe used to wrote a poem every Christmas and send it out with her Christmas cards. Here’s one called BC:AD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
344. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
345. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>This was the moment when Before </i></span><br />
346. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Turned into After, and the future’s </i></span><br />
347. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Uninvented timekeepers presented arms.</i></span><br />
348. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
349. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>This was the moment when nothing </i></span><br />
350. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Happened. Only dull peace </i></span><br />
351. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Sprawled boringly over the earth.</i></span><br />
352. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
353. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>This was the moment when even energetic Romans </i></span><br />
354. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Could find nothing better to do </i></span><br />
355. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Than counting heads in remote provinces.</i></span><br />
356. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
357. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>And this was the moment</i></span><br />
358. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>When a few farm workers and three </i></span><br />
359. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Members of an obscure Persian sect </i></span><br />
360. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
361. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Walked haphazard by starlight straight </i></span><br />
362. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Into the kingdom of heaven.</i></span><br />
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365. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/feeds/5046170094744325100/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5782314588614780807&amp;postID=5046170094744325100' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/5046170094744325100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/5046170094744325100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/2013/12/6th-december-poem-by-ursula-fanthorpe.html' title='6th December: a poem by Ursula Fanthorpe'/><author><name>David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09623766673384924120</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sFsjOEVKhOw/STKURF3tFFI/AAAAAAAABM4/TFzREWt9p28/S220/David+Vign+300.png'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5782314588614780807.post-9202818851854358435</id><published>2013-12-05T00:01:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2013-12-05T00:01:26.763+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Now for something very different...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;One of Jo Laurie&#39;s Christmas cards - Ballast for Father Christmas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
366. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
367. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
368. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06ByRtApn3cJeLMvV9ws12KrWgFJdEqdI6n6SEKsDTKqXXI45WMacWBF5k5L1O7o-o1ZTrUjbu_txQrwqnoXahZ5CGIaWV6-8MZPNovLmcSIqFG8J6c4EZFELnRUHWgiiQ3DP0koCAag/s1600/Ballast+for+Father+Christmas.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06ByRtApn3cJeLMvV9ws12KrWgFJdEqdI6n6SEKsDTKqXXI45WMacWBF5k5L1O7o-o1ZTrUjbu_txQrwqnoXahZ5CGIaWV6-8MZPNovLmcSIqFG8J6c4EZFELnRUHWgiiQ3DP0koCAag/s400/Ballast+for+Father+Christmas.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>
369. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/feeds/9202818851854358435/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5782314588614780807&amp;postID=9202818851854358435' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/9202818851854358435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/9202818851854358435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/2013/12/now-for-something-very-different.html' title='Now for something very different...'/><author><name>David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09623766673384924120</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sFsjOEVKhOw/STKURF3tFFI/AAAAAAAABM4/TFzREWt9p28/S220/David+Vign+300.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06ByRtApn3cJeLMvV9ws12KrWgFJdEqdI6n6SEKsDTKqXXI45WMacWBF5k5L1O7o-o1ZTrUjbu_txQrwqnoXahZ5CGIaWV6-8MZPNovLmcSIqFG8J6c4EZFELnRUHWgiiQ3DP0koCAag/s72-c/Ballast+for+Father+Christmas.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5782314588614780807.post-2971599659245211808</id><published>2013-12-03T23:25:00.003+00:00</published><updated>2013-12-03T23:32:47.866+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Peace</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;After yesterday’s rather energetic picture, here’s a peaceful scene from Sally Clark&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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371. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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373. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNVddC4xWz-vUGr1NDEOt7gtzwKbECgl6KyhDfHI0ZlbegDz4vi7QIMZ68Bm-IK60yszzoLdjLICfp91yMI0QwAAGUIjUNbV2EVWRRVem73COWgdLniicqhNvXPKuqQ6lddcgSrZlzTk/s1600/HPIM3336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNVddC4xWz-vUGr1NDEOt7gtzwKbECgl6KyhDfHI0ZlbegDz4vi7QIMZ68Bm-IK60yszzoLdjLICfp91yMI0QwAAGUIjUNbV2EVWRRVem73COWgdLniicqhNvXPKuqQ6lddcgSrZlzTk/s400/HPIM3336.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div>
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375. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
376. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... And this poem by Dylan Thomas seems to fit:</span><br />
377.  
378. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
379. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We Lying By Seasand</span><br />
380. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
381. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We lying by seasand, watching yellow</span><br />
382. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the grave sea, mock who deride</span><br />
383. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who follow the red rivers, hollow</span><br />
384. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alcove of words out of cicada shade,</span><br />
385. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For in this yellow grave of sand and sea</span><br />
386. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A calling for colour calls with the wind</span><br />
387. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's grave and gay as grave and sea</span><br />
388. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sleeping on either hand.</span><br />
389. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The lunar silences, the silent tide</span><br />
390. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lapping the still canals, the dry tide-master</span><br />
391. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ribbed between desert and water storm,</span><br />
392. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Should cure our ills of the water</span><br />
393. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With a one-coloured calm;</span><br />
394. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The heavenly music over the sand</span><br />
395. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sounds with the grains as they hurry</span><br />
396. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hiding the golden mountains and mansions</span><br />
397. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of the grave, gay, seaside land.</span><br />
398. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bound by a sovereign strip, we lie,</span><br />
399. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watch yellow, wish for wind to blow away</span><br />
400. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The strata of the shore and drown red rock;</span><br />
401. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But wishes breed not, neither</span><br />
402. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can we fend off rock arrival,</span><br />
403. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lie watching yellow until the golden weather</span><br />
404. <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Breaks, O my heart's blood, like a heart and hill. </span><br />
405. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
406. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dylan Thomas</span></div>
407. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/feeds/2971599659245211808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5782314588614780807&amp;postID=2971599659245211808' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/2971599659245211808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/2971599659245211808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/2013/12/peace.html' title='Peace'/><author><name>David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09623766673384924120</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sFsjOEVKhOw/STKURF3tFFI/AAAAAAAABM4/TFzREWt9p28/S220/David+Vign+300.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNVddC4xWz-vUGr1NDEOt7gtzwKbECgl6KyhDfHI0ZlbegDz4vi7QIMZ68Bm-IK60yszzoLdjLICfp91yMI0QwAAGUIjUNbV2EVWRRVem73COWgdLniicqhNvXPKuqQ6lddcgSrZlzTk/s72-c/HPIM3336.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5782314588614780807.post-2466924735712301868</id><published>2013-12-03T00:01:00.002+00:00</published><updated>2013-12-03T00:01:22.970+00:00</updated><title type='text'>Advent as a journey</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Advent is often described as a journey and although not at all Christmassy, one of my favourite journey works of art is JMW Turner’s Rain, Steam, and Speed - The Great Western Railway.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
408. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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410. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisIFkyXAalvm_Z8WXsoh1SslwkKq97OQk7u0-eJIYc8veCGEZXoUTdo4MfxyiKOsW08bf2ZBOl0mBzZBmiWnWB9R-neT6fuLZJLD9HLlQBBI_ZWuM7C6Zg9Wa3PBxUU2b6rGahFZL7Gs/s1600/Rain+Steam+and+Speed+GWR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisIFkyXAalvm_Z8WXsoh1SslwkKq97OQk7u0-eJIYc8veCGEZXoUTdo4MfxyiKOsW08bf2ZBOl0mBzZBmiWnWB9R-neT6fuLZJLD9HLlQBBI_ZWuM7C6Zg9Wa3PBxUU2b6rGahFZL7Gs/s400/Rain+Steam+and+Speed+GWR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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416. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The train is crossing Brunel’s Maidenhead bridge over the Thames, a brick arch bridge which was for may years the widest and flattest brick arch in the world. It’s difficult to believe that this arch is made up of such small elements - but it’s still in use today!</span><br />
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419. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhW_jogiPC_DqB5vfEp2-u3DKgtATq5hJXIJO4xlvjFrL1dXOSQyyqFzUAvtTwhx2ju16OPbIStzOFs8uP7o1g0GffFToi7p89KqUur2DjuzR382w4zQjKmS3AfEIuw8M1gflaqHwOp8/s1600/Maidenhead+bridge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhW_jogiPC_DqB5vfEp2-u3DKgtATq5hJXIJO4xlvjFrL1dXOSQyyqFzUAvtTwhx2ju16OPbIStzOFs8uP7o1g0GffFToi7p89KqUur2DjuzR382w4zQjKmS3AfEIuw8M1gflaqHwOp8/s400/Maidenhead+bridge.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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423. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/feeds/2466924735712301868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5782314588614780807&amp;postID=2466924735712301868' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/2466924735712301868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/2466924735712301868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/2013/12/advent-as-journey.html' title='Advent as a journey'/><author><name>David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09623766673384924120</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sFsjOEVKhOw/STKURF3tFFI/AAAAAAAABM4/TFzREWt9p28/S220/David+Vign+300.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisIFkyXAalvm_Z8WXsoh1SslwkKq97OQk7u0-eJIYc8veCGEZXoUTdo4MfxyiKOsW08bf2ZBOl0mBzZBmiWnWB9R-neT6fuLZJLD9HLlQBBI_ZWuM7C6Zg9Wa3PBxUU2b6rGahFZL7Gs/s72-c/Rain+Steam+and+Speed+GWR.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5782314588614780807.post-2179673445339778503</id><published>2013-12-02T00:02:00.000+00:00</published><updated>2013-12-02T00:02:12.797+00:00</updated><title type='text'>The meaning of Advent - Oscar Romero</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Sue has given me a copy of the quote that she reads at the start of every Advent which says it all to her. It’s by Oscar Romero, the Archbishop of San Salvador who was assassinated in 1980, reportedly because of his work with the poor:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
424. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
425. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Advent should admonish us to discover</span><br />
426. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in each brother or sister that we greet,</span><br />
427. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in each friend whose hand we shake,</span><br />
428. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in each beggar who asks for bread,</span><br />
429. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in each worker who wants to use the right to join a union,</span><br />
430. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in each peasant who looks for work in the coffee groves,</span><br />
431. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the face of Christ.</span><br />
432. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
433. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then it would not be possible to rob them,</span><br />
434. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to cheat them,</span><br />
435. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to deny them their rights.</span><br />
436. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
437. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are Christ,</span><br />
438. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and whatever is done to them</span><br />
439. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Christ will take as done to himself.</span><br />
440. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
441. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is what Advent is:</span><br />
442. <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Christ living among us</span><br />
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446. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GOERphAm66S4IHbUp7TINoWhrnDJewBBxnMs0jjXYYiryGJjZ7vNWE1jMe_-DKMqY-a56n-UtCq5qKoh0YDvWHnrxCE-lN3tlodcvf4cQlzDT9yZEyuZOIfOuy43PuKeVMXBTWgO7hc/s1600/romero.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GOERphAm66S4IHbUp7TINoWhrnDJewBBxnMs0jjXYYiryGJjZ7vNWE1jMe_-DKMqY-a56n-UtCq5qKoh0YDvWHnrxCE-lN3tlodcvf4cQlzDT9yZEyuZOIfOuy43PuKeVMXBTWgO7hc/s200/romero.jpg" width="177" /></a></div>
447. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/feeds/2179673445339778503/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5782314588614780807&amp;postID=2179673445339778503' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/2179673445339778503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/2179673445339778503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-meaning-of-advent-oscar-romero.html' title='The meaning of Advent - Oscar Romero'/><author><name>David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09623766673384924120</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sFsjOEVKhOw/STKURF3tFFI/AAAAAAAABM4/TFzREWt9p28/S220/David+Vign+300.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GOERphAm66S4IHbUp7TINoWhrnDJewBBxnMs0jjXYYiryGJjZ7vNWE1jMe_-DKMqY-a56n-UtCq5qKoh0YDvWHnrxCE-lN3tlodcvf4cQlzDT9yZEyuZOIfOuy43PuKeVMXBTWgO7hc/s72-c/romero.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5782314588614780807.post-3257632744331584034</id><published>2013-11-30T23:32:00.002+00:00</published><updated>2013-12-05T23:57:08.225+00:00</updated><title type='text'>1st December: And is it true...? Christmas by John Betjeman</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;John Betjeman’s poem “Christmas” leads us from the pressure of Christmas shopping - accentuated by Black Friday squabbles - to the meaning of Christmas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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452. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
453. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The bells of waiting Advent ring,</span><br />
454. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Tortoise stove is lit again</span><br />
455. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And lamp-oil light across the night</span><br />
456. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Has caught the streaks of winter rain</span><br />
457. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In many a stained-glass window sheen</span><br />
458. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From Crimson Lake to Hookers Green.</span><br />
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460. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The holly in the windy hedge</span><br />
461. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And round the Manor House the yew</span><br />
462. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Will soon be stripped to deck the ledge,</span><br />
463. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The altar, font and arch and pew,</span><br />
464. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So that the villagers can say</span><br />
465. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">‘The church looks nice’ on Christmas Day.</span><br />
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467. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Provincial Public Houses blaze,</span><br />
468. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Corporation tramcars clang,</span><br />
469. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On lighted tenements I gaze,</span><br />
470. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Where paper decorations hang,</span><br />
471. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And bunting in the red Town Hall</span><br />
472. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Says ‘Merry Christmas to you all’.</span><br />
473. <br />
474. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And London shops on Christmas Eve</span><br />
475. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are strung with silver bells and flowers</span><br />
476. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As hurrying clerks the City leave</span><br />
477. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To pigeon-haunted classic towers,</span><br />
478. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And marbled clouds go scudding by</span><br />
479. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The many-steepled London sky.</span><br />
480. <br />
481. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And girls in slacks remember Dad,</span><br />
482. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And oafish louts remember Mum,</span><br />
483. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And sleepless children’s hearts are glad.</span><br />
484. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And Christmas-morning bells say ‘Come!’</span><br />
485. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even to shining ones who dwell</span><br />
486. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Safe in the Dorchester Hotel.</span><br />
487. <br />
488. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And is it true,</span><br />
489. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This most tremendous tale of all,</span><br />
490. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seen in a stained-glass window’s hue,</span><br />
491. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Baby in an ox’s stall ?</span><br />
492. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Maker of the stars and sea</span><br />
493. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Become a Child on earth for me ?</span><br />
494. <br />
495. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And is it true ? For if it is,</span><br />
496. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No loving fingers tying strings</span><br />
497. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Around those tissued fripperies,</span><br />
498. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sweet and silly Christmas things,</span><br />
499. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bath salts and inexpensive scent</span><br />
500. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And hideous tie so kindly meant,</span><br />
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502. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No love that in a family dwells,</span><br />
503. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No carolling in frosty air,</span><br />
504. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nor all the steeple-shaking bells</span><br />
505. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can with this single Truth compare -</span><br />
506. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That God was man in Palestine</span><br />
507. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And lives today in Bread and Wine.</span><br />
508. <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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512. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcNBXZGTgk_v-ge8mJ8gdxYzX7nQ973t-NWIu6pWAG91ol0844EHADLMRx7nLNHtaAZy-EVWfws1FbYPXcAlXXGJngluZ5tp-eYbPvk3d2dIu_XKP-26ZFk194k4b2u8MYWq-S3kQoYc/s1600/Advent-candles-sm_thumb4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcNBXZGTgk_v-ge8mJ8gdxYzX7nQ973t-NWIu6pWAG91ol0844EHADLMRx7nLNHtaAZy-EVWfws1FbYPXcAlXXGJngluZ5tp-eYbPvk3d2dIu_XKP-26ZFk194k4b2u8MYWq-S3kQoYc/s320/Advent-candles-sm_thumb4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
513. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/feeds/3257632744331584034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5782314588614780807&amp;postID=3257632744331584034' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/3257632744331584034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/3257632744331584034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/2013/11/and-is-it-true-christmas-by-john.html' title='1st December: And is it true...? Christmas by John Betjeman'/><author><name>David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09623766673384924120</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sFsjOEVKhOw/STKURF3tFFI/AAAAAAAABM4/TFzREWt9p28/S220/David+Vign+300.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizlLY2P0VooE3TZqlmMYtgjoZufshLmoQQbaOm0QhMuTh8Snvh_JahUd0dZS9a1MeIhTCwcKT8y1Coi3Kx7O32_Vpsh2kEVLnVJK3dnFmRalWBKgPL3c8wdetLgyaCG9UYwPAQDUcVg7w/s72-c/christmas-lights-regent-street-c2a9britainonview21954288.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5782314588614780807.post-7744552110898049683</id><published>2013-11-30T12:24:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2013-11-30T12:25:49.737+00:00</updated><title type='text'>The meaning of Christmas</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Is it really six months since I last blogged? It’s been a busy summer!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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515. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prompted by the start of Advent again, I’m going to try to do an entry each day with an advent or Christmas thought. </span><br />
516. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
517. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What does Christmas mean to you?</span><br />
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523. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/feeds/7744552110898049683/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5782314588614780807&amp;postID=7744552110898049683' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/7744552110898049683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/7744552110898049683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-meaning-of-christmas.html' title='The meaning of Christmas'/><author><name>David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09623766673384924120</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sFsjOEVKhOw/STKURF3tFFI/AAAAAAAABM4/TFzREWt9p28/S220/David+Vign+300.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVsg0FPZQV5EXKnMrQSWtd8q-1c5JDKrG00NR1xcTP5NLUnt5LPzQPaWUyPKRc5fvmsTImEo-dRjtpkO2ECeXx6GK16jfKOAJM0Q6bTQBmOfKbEqtRMnj_j5VcagzVgYjAjrQweQkgsV0/s72-c/PC128296+Healing+tree+7b5+cr.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5782314588614780807.post-6497470978538116352</id><published>2013-06-08T10:23:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2013-06-08T11:25:23.357+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Simple computer tips – the tab key</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
524. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlJBPW8qFdoJGEivTJvlLY6PpD7xxaqGA7_zxS0C4s2TmIImUGvfpGrldYwPPGkRIrFrFV6GsPt1VxsTage39ktPuF8n5r0SY2YN04HmjXNw3Pre-l7TzvVjs19H1ggaxMs-NlKuRuyPo/s1600/laptop+and+desktop+keyboard+tab+shift+caps+lock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlJBPW8qFdoJGEivTJvlLY6PpD7xxaqGA7_zxS0C4s2TmIImUGvfpGrldYwPPGkRIrFrFV6GsPt1VxsTage39ktPuF8n5r0SY2YN04HmjXNw3Pre-l7TzvVjs19H1ggaxMs-NlKuRuyPo/s400/laptop+and+desktop+keyboard+tab+shift+caps+lock.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
525. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
526. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
527. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you remember typewriters? Most had a tab function that allowed the carriage to move to pre-determined columns when the tab key was hit. Some had pre-determined tab settings (the columns that would be used) others had complicated mechanical devices to adjust the columns. The tab function on PCs is similar - but more sophisticated. There are two main uses of the tab key. One is similar to the typewriter tab - more of this tomorrow - but the other is slightly different but very useful. How often do you enter multiple fields - for example your e-mail address followed by a password? You can use the mouse pointer and click on successive fields to achieve this but the tab key is much quicker. Once you have completed entering you e-mail address, pressing tab will take the cursor to the next entry field.</span><br />
528. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
529. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By the way, the term “field” is used to describe the places on a form or similar where you enter some information.</span><br />
530. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
531. <span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Have a go</b> at tabbing between the fields in the example below. You can enter your details but nothing happens to them on the blog!</span><br />
532. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
533. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
534. <br />
535. <form action="demo_form.asp">
536. First name: <input name="FirstName" type="text" /><br />
537. Last name: <input name="LastName" type="text" /><br />
538. Phone number: <input name="PhoneNo" type="text" /><br />
539. Postcode: <input name="Postcode" type="text" /></form>
540. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
541. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
542. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another place that this can be used is when writing a new e-mail. You have to move the cursor between the address fields (the addresses of people to whom you are sending the e-mail) the subject line and the body of the e-mail. There’s no need to move the mouse and click between these: this is much quicker because your hands are already on the keyboard.</span><br />
543. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
544. <span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Have a go</b> at tabbing between the entry fields on an e-mail</span><br />
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547. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/feeds/6497470978538116352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5782314588614780807&amp;postID=6497470978538116352' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/6497470978538116352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/6497470978538116352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/2013/06/try-form.html' title='Simple computer tips – the tab key'/><author><name>David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09623766673384924120</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sFsjOEVKhOw/STKURF3tFFI/AAAAAAAABM4/TFzREWt9p28/S220/David+Vign+300.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlJBPW8qFdoJGEivTJvlLY6PpD7xxaqGA7_zxS0C4s2TmIImUGvfpGrldYwPPGkRIrFrFV6GsPt1VxsTage39ktPuF8n5r0SY2YN04HmjXNw3Pre-l7TzvVjs19H1ggaxMs-NlKuRuyPo/s72-c/laptop+and+desktop+keyboard+tab+shift+caps+lock.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5782314588614780807.post-7030652681974617046</id><published>2013-06-06T23:08:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2013-06-06T23:08:48.542+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Simple computer tips - the difference between backspace and delete</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;There are two keys for deleting: backspace and delete.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
548. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
549. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When editing a document, the difference is fairly obvious: backspace deletes the character to the left of the cursor and moves the cursor back one space whereas delete deletes the character to the right of the cursor. </span><br />
550. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
551. <span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Have a go</b> deleting single characters: with a new e-mail or text document, put the cursor somewhere in the middle and try the two delete keys.</span><br />
552. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
553. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When text is marked or selected, both keys have the same effect: deleting the selected text. Incidentally, do you know that if you want to replace some text with something else, it’s not necessary to delete before starting to type? Selecting the text then typing deletes the selected text and immediately inserts the text you type.</span><br />
554. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
555. &lt;span style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Have a go&lt;/b&gt; at overtyping: again with a new e-mail or text document, select some text then start typing - the selected text is deleted and replaced by the text you type: no need to press delete or backspace&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/feeds/7030652681974617046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5782314588614780807&amp;postID=7030652681974617046' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/7030652681974617046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/7030652681974617046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/2013/06/simple-computer-tips-difference-between.html' title='Simple computer tips - the difference between backspace and delete'/><author><name>David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09623766673384924120</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sFsjOEVKhOw/STKURF3tFFI/AAAAAAAABM4/TFzREWt9p28/S220/David+Vign+300.png'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5782314588614780807.post-2397606439716022584</id><published>2013-05-21T23:31:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2013-05-21T23:31:49.970+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Simple computer tips - more on the home and end keys</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
556. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other great use of the home and end keys is when viewing a long web page - one that has vertical scrolling. The home key scrolls the page back to the top and the end key scrolls it to the bottom.</span><br />
557. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
558. <span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Have a go</b> with this web site: If you have accessed this with the basic address, you’ll have many posts in view. Try Home and End to move to the top and bottom.</span><br />
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561. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/feeds/2397606439716022584/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5782314588614780807&amp;postID=2397606439716022584' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/2397606439716022584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5782314588614780807/posts/default/2397606439716022584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dmh0.blogspot.com/2013/05/simple-computer-tips-more-on-home-and.html' title='Simple computer tips - more on the home and end keys'/><author><name>David</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09623766673384924120</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sFsjOEVKhOw/STKURF3tFFI/AAAAAAAABM4/TFzREWt9p28/S220/David+Vign+300.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5782314588614780807.post-3049231495187701529</id><published>2013-05-18T16:07:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2013-05-18T16:09:22.976+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Simple computer tips - keyboard home and end keys</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
562. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now let’s look at some of the other strange keys on the keyboard. Home and End are useful keys: when editing text, home takes the cursor to the start of the current line and end to the end. End is very useful when going back to correct an error earlier in the current line - pressing End takes the cursor back to where you can start typing again.</span><br />
563. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
564. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Home and End keys are in different places on different keyboards but are normally somewhere on the right:</span><br />
565. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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571. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgidbBrNelilcVjlOokjh0HmDY6iTKaFRgWy2MgwY3A9td-NglqNRYOzJ15HpFjj1qIoNMRRzLkBBqH9QZH-YfyuTUYht2eUzVDW3NrN3wevs97tqqtjLO8Mm_ypkMTmK6aC6X86DM2FsY/s1600/Home+End+pg+up+dn+laptop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgidbBrNelilcVjlOokjh0HmDY6iTKaFRgWy2MgwY3A9td-NglqNRYOzJ15HpFjj1qIoNMRRzLkBBqH9QZH-YfyuTUYht2eUzVDW3NrN3wevs97tqqtjLO8Mm_ypkMTmK6aC6X86DM2FsY/s320/Home+End+pg+up+dn+laptop.jpg" width="119" /></a></div>
572. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
573. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
574. <span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Have a go</b> at moving the cursor with Home and End: type some text into Word or an e-mail* and move the cursor to somewhere in the middle of the text. Press Home then End and see where the cursor goes.</span><br />
575. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
576. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You shouldn’t be surprised by now that shift with Home or End will select all the text from the cursor position to the start or end of the current line. Ctrl is a little different: ctrl-home takes the cursor right to the top of the document and ctrl-end right to the end.</span><br />
577. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
578. <span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Have a go</b> with ctrl: with the document or e-mail created above, put the cursor somewhere in the middle and press ctrl-home (remember: press and hold ctrl then press and release home then release ctrl) Try again with ctrl-end.</span><br />
579. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
580. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, of course, ctrl-shift with one or other of home and end will select all the text from the cursor position to the start or end of the document. To select the entire document, press ctrl-home to get to the start, then ctrl-shift-end</span><br />
581. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
582. <span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Have a go</b> at selecting the entire document: put the cursor somewhere in the middle, press ctrl-home then ctrl-shift-end</span><br />
583. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
584. <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* By now you may have realised it’s worth having a document you can use to play with and try out all these ideas. Don’t use something valuable - you may damage it! Don’t forget ctrl-z to undo the last change!</span><br />
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