Shot from our bedroom
We had another bought of winter weather Thursday. This time I was too busy with my studies to go out into it much, but Paul did have a fun evening of sledging with the Steels, though his feet were close to frost-bitten by the end! Most of the snow is now gone, leaving the muddy sludge that is the normal state of things in wintry England.
But we’ve reached half-term. Paul has a whole week off school, Diane has managed to get next week off work, and so Monday we head off for five days at a cottage in Teesdale. With a bit of luck with the weather, we hope to do a lot of walking in the Pennines and to spend a day in the Lake District. So, I should have plenty of wonderful pictures to show when we get back!
This will be a welcome break for us all. March is going to be very busy. Not only do I have my first dissertation deadline in March but I’m also slated to deliver a paper at the 2009 Michael Vasey Conference on Scripture and Liturgy. My paper will be on the affect liturgical consumerism has on spirituality. Excited? In preparation, I’ve been reading lots of sociological books on consumerism. My goodness is it depressing! It makes you realize what a greedy bunch we’ve all become! I’ve also a major paper (for me) to deliver in April at the Legacy of Anselm Conference in Canterbury. There will be some academic heavy-hitters there, so I’ll need to make sure my facts are straight and my argument particularly convincing.
But all that is later. For now, I plan to think of nothing but pleasant strolls in the hills, good English country cooking, and pints at the village pub.
