It's the most wonderful time of the year

Naked

Body abused

In agony

Rejected

Forsaken

Feeling cut off and alone

Friends departed

Mother looks up at the figure on the cross

Her son

"It's the most wonderful time if the year"

Windy cold washing up done feeling disconnected

Sometimes so grateful for the smaller stuff,

Washing up 

Friends Chatting, people eating, sharing meal. Meeting up walking together.

It's spiritual measure, that believe when we appreciate the small stuff,

Recognise how important Relationships Friends are. That's the important stuff 

Going to chat meet friend this evening.

But it's so windy,

Wow where that wind come from?

Anyone know fierce, cold, chilly,period.

Been bit too long this winter!

Me and the farmer. . . via the Archers

These are the times that try men’s souls. Young Pip turned up trumps (“Pass me the wrench!”), the vicar was a tower of strength (“We have plenty of candles!”), Adam and Charlie had a tender moment down a drain (“Reach my hand! I’m not going to leave you!”) and Roy, seizing time by the forelock, coaxed the lady of the manor into taking her clothes off again (“Elizabeth, you are soaking!”).

Sury the best paragraph to describe the Archers

Personally l feel this was a low point in the dramam series

One l have been although not faithfully

Been listening to since l was a 'tailor'in Hull back in 1974

It was disturbing because it was so unreal

Also helped get rid of a lot of story lines 

That where not worth investment 

A TV programme

A song

A radio  or even a podcast

Need to let me know 

They are worth my investment 

In time

Energy following through

Investment in listening

I  was sadly glad when this week ended

It just dragged and at every turn l expected a death

Yet of course it was the silent ones who died

Still another gay story line about father snogging another farmer

Both males of course

It very predictable 

Still l be tuned n all this week

When you vote feel for the vulnerable

When 

If

You vote

Do it not for yourself

Not for your family

Do it for those who are the most vulnerable in our society

Those who may not be inyour community

Do it for the  Lord

Pray first

May be like myself there is no one deserving of my vote

But argue 

Argue against the cuts that affect the most vulnerable 

Stand up for those who are vulnerable 

Do it for them

karokee soul

lets have less Karokee Soul
talentless singers and groups
no spine
no talent
suits and copycats
Overtones
jermmaine jackman
enough we can listen to the real brothas
Chairman of the board,four tops,jackson sisters,jimmy helms.

karokee soul is just money spinners lacking emotions experiance heart and nosoul
enough exposure original is best
"give me just a little more time"

I` ii be at Dams

Back to North Yorkshire map for this visit to a place newly discovered, Filey Dams Nature Reserve.
Apparently last remaining freshwater marsh of any size in the area,(although the north York's moors routes has scaling dam?) Filey Dams OK, fine with some migratory birds.
Further also decent place to observe plants, small mammals, even if your really lucky, amphibians.

GREAT TIME WATCHING
WITH MATTHEW MARCH 2015

This quiet place consists large freshwater lagoons, surrounded marsh and grassland, occasionally grazed with cattle.

Soft rush dominates, joined in the shallow water by toad rush, bottle sedge, also branched bur-reed. Alongside distinctive yellow flag iris.

A short walk takes you to the Main Hide among small copse with nest boxes used by tree sparrows. This leads along a,nervous,tricky,  boardwalk to pond-dipping platform at edge of a quiet pool. Phew. 

Sometimes dragonflies skim the water settling on the mat of amphibious bistort;...look it up... if you are quite fortunate might see water vole perhaps among the water forget-me-not. It is recommended that dusk or very early visit will enable Owls,Foxes and others to be witnessed.

Or you could stay on bed ..Sorry Matty..All three British species of newt occur here which are smooth, palmate and great crested, the latter species recognised nationally important numbers.

l personally recommend a visit. As does Matty.

orthonalgy with son

thursday at the hide on the north east coast with Matty,

Another generally quiet few days with unhelpful conditions, but the first trans-Saharan migrants still made it through in the very welcome form of two Sand Martins – the first of which came in off the sea on Carr Naze – on 24th (MJP). The same day saw a single Scandinavian Rock Pipit on the Brigg, a male Stonechat on Carr Naze …

Previsous Monday, March 23rd.

Spring is still stuttering in at a typically pedestrian pace presently, reflected in the relative highlights over the last week. Pick of the bunch was certainly a Bewick’s Swan which went north with a flock of 12 Whooper Swans on 20th, with a further 38 Whoopers north this morning. Modest signs of early spring passerine migration

My history my story

A big part of the story of my life 

Would include the northeast coast and the sand plus the sea

I suppose it all about nostalgia thinking overthe years 

Long walks from hull to Robin Hood bay

Summer camps

Transistor radios

Sound of soul music

Longer snogs

Stars at night

First time away from family

Making own destination

Finding out about a place

It's geographic history place in the UK

Sounds . . . Smells . . . Sights

Aware growing old

Youth has past

Sometimes walk with the ghosts of yesterday 

Memory clouded

Thoughts confused 

Smile constant

At Filey

Been watching birds in a hide yesterday with my son in Filey

Great fun and silent enjoyable

Also Saint Oswolds Church nice Norman. Style

Lovely walks and a cup of BOvril

Returning for a pint and chat after l cooked the tea

Rice chicken and hilly bean mix

Been great in a caravan but colder thenl expected

The conversations

Touching nature

Silence

Watching daft TV and talking

Cold on the coast

New toilets environment friendly 

But pain to use

So cold today I was freezing 

Had long walks and swimming

Starting to hope for warmth of summer days

Healthy eating 

Uuhhh orh

Macgregor and No1
Alway uncomfortable those words in same sentence

Logical from earth

Greenbelt 2015 l ponder further .

so thinking about Greenbelt 2015
Then l came across several Questions among interesting article
This in some way tries to explain the issues about buying this year tickets
For what is a very unique valuable creative faith based and spiritual uplifting

1.The return to a greenfield site after 15 years proved more expensive than we’d budgeted for. At the same time, slightly more of our audience than anticipated didn’t move to Boughton with us.
2. We had to dip into our reserves.
3. We had to use up our reserves.
4. We had to find some more funds after using up our reserves.
5. Thanks to some generous festival supporters, our wonderful band of Angels, and one benefactor in particular (match-funding all donations), we’ve raised close to £100,000.
6. In the past we’ve asked for short term loans to bridge periodic cash-flow crises, repaying them over time, carrying our debts forward. This time we wanted to clear our debts in one fell swoop.
But all this was a wake-up call, and staff and trustees were faced with some serious questions.

Here are some of the serious questions we were faced with.

1. After growing in size from 2000 to 2009, why, since then, has our audience been falling, each year by a few hundred people?
2.Having made small surpluses most years since 2001 on the hard-standing site at Cheltenham (hence those reserves we used up), did our losses in 2014 mean it was time to go back to a site with buildings and roads, with plumbing and plugholes?
3.In the absence of a major corporate partner (a brewery, for example, like other summer festivals which have not gone bust) is it even possible to build an open-air festival on a greenfield site for a relatively niche audience … and still be sustainable?
4. Is there a big enough audience in the UK for a progressive festival of arts, faith and justice? Do the wider demographics of religious institutions suggest Greenbelt’s audience is disappearing? Or is a Festival like this now more necessary than ever?
5. Is Greenbelt still needed? (10,500 people who bought tickets in 2014 think so… but are they enough?)
6. At the festival itself, do we try to do too many things? Too many venues, too much programming… trying to engage too many audiences?
7. We love the young people who attend the Festival but there’s not enough of them so how can Greenbelt become more their thing again?
8. Why are we still investing in a huge open air mainstage, with all the attendant infrastructure, when by the evening of the festival day most people instead seem to be in The Canopy, The Tiny Tea Tent, The Playhouse, The Big Top, The Jesus Arms, singing campsongs around the fire … or back at the tent with their mates?
9. And what about our organisation, especially the volunteers who breathe life into the festival every summer? How do we get new volunteers involved, and how might they shape the festival?

so prayer needed and reflecting back; got to ask has the young not attending!
Why you would then make provision and target them?
Why not work more with those age groups already enjoying and attending,
as an example so can the middle aged range be more encouraged.
Church groups can they be more welcomed, greater working targetting?
Further are you losing those older,camping hard on the knees?
So can you cater better for them?
Why would you target the youths -who do not attend..Yet not put effort into those already attending...
But for myself why is it predominately white..Good white folk despite the issues why does it remain mainly white..
Now this sounds like a critic but it an honest thought process.
1984 unti..2015?
Also do some of the issues isolate the festival,like support for Palestine community...GL and transgender communities

Something groovy about coming together

I think it's so groovy now
That people are finally getting together
I thinks it's wonderful and how
That people are finally getting together

I think it's so groovy now
That people are finally getting together
I thinks it's wonderful and how
That people are finally getting together

Reach out in the darkness
Reach out in the darkness
Reach out in the darkness
And you may find a friend

I knew a man that I did not care for
And then one day this man gave me a call
We sat and talked about things on our mind
And now this man he is a friend of mine

Reach out in the darkness
Reach out in the darkness
Reach out in the darkness
And you may find a friend

I think it's so groovy now
That people are finally getting together
I thinks it's wonderful and how
That people are finally getting together

I think it's so groovy now
That people are finally getting together
I thinks it's wonderful and how
That people are finally getting together

Don't be afraid of love
(Don't be afraid) don't be afraid
Don't be afraid to love
(Listen to me)
Everybody needs a little love
Everybody needs somebody
That they can be thinking of
So reach out

Reach out in the darkness
Reach out in the darkness
Reach out in the darkness
And you may find a friend

I think it's so groovy now
That people are finally getting together
I thinks it's wonderful and how
That people are finally getting together

I think it's so groovy now
That people are finally getting together
I thinks it's wonderful and how
That people are finally getting together

I think it's so groovy now
That people are finally getting together
I thinks it's wonderful and how
That people are finally getting together...

If you were born on March 21st 1956

if its your birthday here is your horoscope
every day someone thinks about you
they have more love then you will ever need
the sun in your heart still shines
allowing you to project that maternal instinct
so natural with Aries
although occaisonly crabby
that natural smile and charm
will always enable you to get ahead
money issues will have to be managed carefuly
the need for your own space may find you in the battery shop later
that call you need to make
will bring laughter plus the promise of hope for tomorrow.
Angels live forever love is forever also

SANDY BEACHES

just had the most enjoyable walk

along the cliffs as the sun shone down on us all

it been a great day weather wise

although my hearts needs a rest

few tablets to take another factor

been for myself the need to process my thoughts and prepare for

a few days away at the coast of north yorkshire

with family and friends but thats next week

Reighton sands



suddenly l am hungry



love the coulers in the skys
love the coulers as spring settles
love walking in the sand
ready to swim and paddle
walking in warmth
pondering the world
prepare
ready for my Dinner
Bye now



soccer` isa funny ole game init Jim`

shameful behaviour by the so called supporters on Saturday is that what you call supporting a team?..Also incidents in and around the city centre, pafhtic leaving "we shouldn’t be losing to team like Hull""...you won’t have to worry about that soon..It will be "we shouldn’t be losing to teams like Barnsley"....get real, retire the old players. Blood some new ones and bring in decent players, start the deals now, retain Poyet ...mind you also feel the commentators on the radio contribute to unrealistic ideals also lack technical knowledge to provide adequate commentary on game

as l wrote in newspaper today following blackcats worst ever premier league performance
its supposed to be entertainment
fun
not drama
crisis
emotional ruin
disaster

its football
good for econmic welfare of the area
it is nothing more then a game where 22 men run after a ball on green grass for a hour and half
nothing more then that
yet saturday l witnessed men in gangs trying to attack the manger of SFC and threatening any who did not agree with them
it all got out of propotion

not take for granted

this very day

in honour those without

l

will

not

take for granted

all that God has provided for myself

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Worst ever premier league performance

The worst ever premier league performance yesterday by . . . . .now who was it 4-0 down at half time. . .they sacked Saint Steve Bruce. . .let elmo,Macca and David Meyler go. . Oh yes THEM hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaaaaaaa 

Sorry just could not resist

odd shoes odd eating odd me

I was hungry yesterday
so anyway ended up all you can eat
buffet,really regretted but just had two varied plates and a cup of chinese tea,but not what l do these days
feel like l let myself down
Also bought some shoes cheap odd sizes
yes thats correct
odd sizes
one was 8
the other was 9
l dont think l should be allowed out in public

Gathering the stats on the poor

‘Stop feeding homeless hot food, it’s against council hygiene rules’ – charity prosecution warning

Read more: http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk

One does worry about the way service providers get stopped feeding vulnerable people

HCC got bad reputation for this 

Along with way councils make it difficult to distribute food from food banks

And the way have to register to receive charity handouts

We serves community meal once a week half costs we raise go one Training plus 

Health and safety 

Hull City Council's environmental health officials have contacted Hull Homeless Outreach to say they are breaching food hygiene regulations by serving the food at St Mary's Church in Lowgate.

We know about rules and need to be sensible

Sometimes authority appears to put obstacle in the way 

Perhaps they don't want to know about the poor

The vulnerable

Those neglected

Forgotten

Strict rules one way of removing the issue and prevented stats about truth being gathered

Three tracks to share ...Jessie how do you always know....

Long journey today through roadworks.

Also got big journeys coming up, further off to another country in the distant period.

Try to make long journeys part of pilgrimage, choose moments when drive to just have quiet.

Also Listen to albums, try to catch radio often BBC 2. 

Most often enjoy listening to `Archers` some rural drama. 

In youth work encouraged others to use the drive to residential as part of the pilgrimage also, allowing each person to bring some music, plus talk about it --share with those in the mini bus.

Great results creates deep interpersonal sharing.
Encouraged person doing this too choose old record they listen to with family, perhaps parents introduced 
One they love and bought themselves.
Plus one that`s chilled.
Promotes grand discussions.

 What would your three choices be?

They can change as well, today for Kevin, it would be,

• Jessie "how do you always know when to call", ( forgotten the artist!).
• Street player ...Chicago
• Don Francisco.... he's alive

cum on U `ell.....part 15

steve bruce get`s extended contract with hull city tigers
great news
first we need to have some premier league survival that not yet a  given
here to the future
it good for the econmic welfare of the city that we have premier league status
also good for the soul as we struggle and survive at the top of football entertainment arena

I became a christian

I became and Christian

Invited Jesus into my life

This feeling folded my heart

Moved in me

Never left

I could bore you with the journey and this blog allows me to attempt that

But this l start

Finish

With

These feeling God in my life

Never left me

Jesu blood never failed me yet 

....never failed me yet....

Standing in the gap

A Christian charity is reportedly bringing the government to court in a case against the coalition's welfare reforms.

According to the Sunday Times, Zacchaeus 2000 (Z2K) is involved in legal challenges over the so called "bedroom tax and personal independence payments (PIP) for sick and disabled people.

It's believed the charity whose, patron includes the Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Revd Justin Welby, has also objected to the policy of requiring those seeking discretionary housing payments (DHP) to join a work scheme or move to a cheaper home.

A government source is quoted as saying: "I think the public would be surprised to learn how their money is being misspent by their charities.

Maybe they too should concentrate on transforming lives on the ground instead of using donations to attack government policies."

It's understood the Archbishop of Canterbury agreed to become a patron of Z2K on the understanding that he would not be involved in the day to day running of the charity.

So let's understand this!

Stay quiet,

The Church does not care and is seen as irrelevant.

Step into the situation support the vulnerable and the Goverment directly attacks a charity,

This is where the Church should be at the frontier of society attacking unfair and Basis polices that target those on the edges.

These issues have slipped into the mainstream and we must speak into the vacuum,

Along with standing in the gap supporting,

Speaking up, 

Being alongside,

Getting angry,

Yes there is a place for righteous anger!

Not pointing the finger,gossiping,nor sideing with the power brokers.

My boy is 31

My son is 31

Wow 

Who knows where the time goes 

Had piece of cake . . .he shared rest with mates. 

Hard to believe children grow up make own journeys

Best we can hope is we become friends in older life

Strange journey at times this life thing

Mind you he not got my hair

there an Angel watching

We ran out of gas, and the two other members of my team said, "We're dead!" I said, "No we're not—you're still talking." A young Arab who looked to be around 18 or 19 stuck his head in the window of the car. My first thought was, "He's going to shoot us." He smiled and held up a can of gasoline. After he put it in the car, he pointed at the door lock. I unlocked the door, and he got in.

For 32 minutes, he never said a single word. He pointed to where we needed to go. Just as we arrived at the border, he put his hand up. We stopped the car, and he got out. The colonel at the border checkpoint told me he had informed the Prime Minister's office that my team and I had been killed in Lebanon. They thought there was no way I could survive. He said, "How did you make it?" I started to point toward our guide, but he was gone. I believe it was an angel of the Lord who delivered us from death that day. We need our angels to be active because we are part of a crucial and mighty battle...

In the Angel bar
tonite
what will l have done to warrent
some discussion and celebration?

Walking swimming planning coping

Of caravanning soon

Guess where?
 anyway it's Yorkshire by the coast 

Swimming

Love swimming

Walking

Like walking

Yesterday not so good health wise

But still great to be coping

Reflecting this day

sunset coming up over the bay

It's all good

As youths often state

Actually it is all good

Thank you Jesus 

Thank you Lord

what that spiritual masterbation mean

what do we mean by

spiritual masterbation

it when we feel good about way our faith has

reponded

but really the responce achieves nothing

just makes us feel good

Problem with spiritual masterbation

The characters and the major events portrayed on The Wire are composite images reflecting the reality of Baltimore. Longtime residents of the city could provide you with the names of people bearing great resemblance to the politicians, policemen, drug dealers, dock workers, teachers and preachers portrayed in this television drama. However, what is often missed is that the creators of the show (one a former newspaper reporter in Baltimore, the other a former policeman and school teacher) are trying to convey a message about many American cities, not just Baltimore. Characters and events similar to those seen on The Wire have their counterparts in other urban areas facing the problems associated with illegal drugs and the consequences of a flawed national drug control policy. Baltimore may be the site of the gripping drama that is The Wire, but Baltimore is not the only American city that is gripped by the fallout from the war on drugs.

One of the issues for those watching with an eye on the UK is that we see so many life's destroyed by poverty plus stuff related 

The drugs are part of this scenario

The crime is part of this scenario

Along with faithlessness

Lack of funding

These are all Instituanal sins

We can pray,even dialogue,but many more in the Church run away from these issues, our faith becomes weak and shallow,pointless and irrelevent.

Fundings prevented longtime employment of many 

With a pastoral heart for the youths

Love the city

Want to proclaim its goodness

The reality is that we are disregarded

Even in the Christain world those pastoral concerns are ignored

The problems ignored

Now form apart of normal life

This is a sin an Instituanal sin,the Church is guilty of a type of spiritual masterbation where it stop having intercourse with those living plus serving the inner cities

They wish to sleep with power brokers

Not get hands dirty with real mission

Because temple need to be maintained

So real life's,lived like those close to the Wire or enviroments simiuliar become forgotten 

We point the finger and gossip about benefit culture

While we duel sin

Not resourceing those committed to the issues evident in shows like the wire

still best way

The day turned chilly

l struggled

wind was biting

l got tired

days come and gone

all seams uphill some days

but

that normal

Simple thing like a cup of Bovril

Like to

communicate

social medium one way

face-to-face

still

the best way!

Ice cream weather

Simple ice cream and coffe with my son Matthew

As we crowd surf at the seafront in Yorkshire

Great warm day

Nice town and great views

Looks like the fishing flets in and getting ready for spring sail

Along with. Drink also sitting to ponder life

Great old worldly place

This is spring at the seafront.

What you up too?

City v SFC not life or death

Tonite hull city play Sunderland in a premierleague fixture

That all it is

No one will starve

No one will die

It's fun 

Entertainment

Good for the soul to enjoy

Laugh

Appreciate skill

Not life and death

Simply is not and never had been

For the economic well being of both areas it great.

It not life or death,

Poverty,

Abuse,

Hatred,

They all go on in life.

This is simply entertainment,

It's therefor us all to enjoy

That is simply only a game of football should ever be . . Nothing more

Yes there are games of more importance

But we must never forget this simple statement

Then we can enjoy the event for all that it is!

Let the day begin

When the Churches of Easington get it wrong...they get it wrong.

Including on the playlist 12" version of born in the USA. PLUS 'Sunny`s ' Doctors Orders -is that Northern soul or just Pop music.

Attended awful service last Thursday evening,

when we paint an image of the failing Church

here one to keep in the dustbin of theology

One man band, old hymns, accompanied the CD player `twixt thou sends me`

twixt not l think

then awful`Elephant man` style, pose, from the preacher

who bored everyone for the full hour.

No interaction

No participation

No one else

As this guy performed.

Lack of process,

Reflection,

The guy could not read the room.

ABB,anything but the bible from local Churches.

Vinyl surviving

still cold
in fact
freezing
but day
warm up quite well
walking later today

yesterday l travelled back in time playing some Vinyl 45 RPM  and 33 rpm as l moved from 7inch to 12 inch
thats single to longplayers already lost a few of you here,found that the sound of the Vinyl was OK mind you l had no scratchy records
as we travell and reject stuff it interesting what is being saved from our `rumble` sale of society Vinyl is still sold and several chart artists still produce Vinuyl copies of their current music,of course this is alongside CD and Downloads MP3
Vinyl will it survive the `Rumble` sale of this soicety,looking that way