Month: June 2025

No run this morning — I woke up early enough to squeeze one in, but I hadn’t planned to take one and it felt imprudent to change plans on the spot — but packing the last few items to prepare for the Sodality of Mary’s annual retreat. I hope to have time to nap between prayers and talks, perhaps even to sit and read without interruption (from outside or from internal failure to focus). I do appreciate train travel, so that’s a welcome diversion, and I’ll still have to be thinking about a Pentecost sermon. Good weather today, anyway.

Good, comfortable run this morning — the way it ought to be. Coffee and fruit, Morning Prayer at home, clean up, fine-tune the sermon over coffee and toast, then up to St Nic’s for Mattins. This afternoon I’ll pack for the retreat. (Whoops! — Thanks to blogging this, I realised that I should forward my rail details to Margaret — but I don’t see any, such that I suspect the online booking didn’t go through. Must check.)

Update: Good thjing I thought of this, because Southeastern Rail sent my ticket confirmation and itinerary to an entirely unpredictable email address, which only became clear after a long-ish phone conversation first with Great Western Rail, then Southeastern. All sorted, all’s well that ends well.

Then Margaret asked about my sermon, which I opened and sent to her, but which (I noticed) needed massive editing, which I wouldn’t have noticed had she not asked about it.

That kind of morning.