katielou

June 2009



giving of yourself brings life to others...

Sunday, 28 June 2009 5:30 P GMT+01
A dove, a flame, a cross        an ikon orthodox...Woven damask, satin silk or cotton plain        the choice, it seems, is yours to name.Red bright, red Passion, red celebration&n

the role of cathedrals

Sunday, 21 June 2009 12:00 A GMT+01
I'm working on my mission essay (yes, still the same one as I mentioned the other day, it's not finished yet!) and have been reviewing the discussions I prepared for seminar in February. Although it's not a direct seminar > essay, the

PR coup: Durham Cathedral Photo Evening

Saturday, 20 June 2009 5:27 P GMT+01
I the the *most* amazing night on Wednesday. Being in the cathedral out of normal hours with a pack of photographers hardly gives me more of a thrill than being in in an evening with the Dean leading a quiet pilgrimage. In some ways, given that photo

the art of writing essays

Sunday, 14 June 2009 9:31 P GMT+01
For not the first time I find myself wondering if I should learn more about some of the tools available to mme when writing essays. I'm still a fan of hand writing work first (much to the chagrin of my team and anyone else who has the misfortune

I'm not a paper cup!

Monday, 8 June 2009 10:27 P GMT+01
Finally! I finally got around to getting an environmentally more friendly cup for my coffee. You should see my office, stacked up with Starbucks cups. I don't have many vices, but coffee is one of them, and paper cups is an associated evil. I sho

Word made virtual

Sunday, 7 June 2009 7:13 P GMT+01
Last year I wrote an essay on mission and ministry online. It got a distinction, and I rather intended to hack it for the mission in context essay I am now attempting to write. Only, as anyone who has tried and tried to do well, rehashing isn't t

Durham Cathedral photographs

Sunday, 7 June 2009 6:08 P GMT+01
Many visitors hate the fact that, along with many other places of worship, Durham Cathedral restricts photography - or attempts to. And in fact it has got harder to get permission for a photographer's pass. All the more welcome then, is a photogr

online security - too secure

Friday, 5 June 2009 3:02 P GMT+01
It's 2009. I work in IT. Even if I didn't, I'd still trust very many websites' secure servers enough to try and do my shopping and various transactions online. I'm also quite busy. Quite often I end up collecting a pile of things

who's looking at me?

Tuesday, 2 June 2009 6:04 P GMT+01
Interesting short info about personal space and gaze in Second Life here . Today I nipped inworld, and was entertained for a few minutes trying to decide which of the other two people within map distance was the one responsible for the green cross ha