tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post4798355217569970256..comments2024-02-08T10:33:22.915+13:00Comments on Available Light: TarshishKelvin Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682322819567886400noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-18898759464932731092009-05-25T14:50:39.568+12:002009-05-25T14:50:39.568+12:00That particular Brooke Fraser track is appropriate...That particular Brooke Fraser track is appropriate on 2 counts - as you noticed, the words are relevant for your journey - God finding and reaching out to us wherever we go (and vice versa, too). Secondly - the song is beautiful - but is really only one musical phrase repeated over and over. Good accompaniament for monotonous stretches of landscape, putting one foot in front of another. I got so bored with it, I wrote a second half to use with the last half of each verse - and played it to the teenager who introduced me to the album in the first place. (Am sure that Ms Fraser would be as unimpressed as Teenager was...)<br />Andiamo! <br />Jo FAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-89741755177913755232009-05-24T22:26:50.382+12:002009-05-24T22:26:50.382+12:00I used to have a poster on my wall, of a sailing s...I used to have a poster on my wall, of a sailing ship, with the caption "Life is a voyage, not a destination". May you both find this voyage one where you "only dwell in thee". Great that Clemency's legs are getting better and thank God for angels!Vernanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-86183559714104769222009-05-24T17:33:35.254+12:002009-05-24T17:33:35.254+12:00The fact that you have walked 400kms reminds me th...The fact that you have walked 400kms reminds me that the accumulation of distance is won by continually placing one foot in front of the other - not unlike life itself - and I am reminded by your musings along the way that the cliche "it's the journey not the destination that matters" is indeed true.Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-69961847074160100252009-05-24T08:57:54.135+12:002009-05-24T08:57:54.135+12:00"Finding a completion of something or escaping fro..."Finding a completion of something or escaping from the place where the Spirit's work really has to be found and worked out? Or both? "<br />Well, you've often talked about life presenting us with paradox after paradox... <br />400 kilometres is still an amazing feat, all things considered.<br />Brooke F. probes great depths, doesn't she? I heard that song often when Helen was at home.<br />Love to you both, <br />N xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com