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Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 12h

I love lichens. And mosses.
Know nothing about them, but they give me joy in winter, when flowers are few.

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Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 23h

How wonderful! A delight.

Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 3d

Waiting for Choral Evensong @ St Cuthberts CofE Church Durham, with Hild & Bede College

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Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 5d

Here are the pots I made, back from firing.

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Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 5d

Hild & bede. Temporarily on North Road (above the viaduct) and using St Cuthberts as its chapel.

Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 5d

Local college chaplain planning an Angel afternoon late Nov in our local church. Wants knitted angels.

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Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 6d

A metaphor?

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Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 8d

Am in Durham for 3 appointments (incl flu jab, too young for Covid jab despite being a cater) so having lunch in between: Thai Som Tham Salad (only 1 chilli) with coconut water to drink.

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Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 10d

And to complete the anniversary celebration I went to the Hild & Bede Choral Evensong at St Cuthberts Church. The choir is very good this year.
Now I am drinking gin with Campari and tonic and waiting for dinner to cook.

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Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 10d

Who is this saint steadfastly keeping watch way above the reach of iconoclastic reformers?

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Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 10d

It now costs £2 to leave a candle burning for my frail spouse. I know it says donation … but that’s some pressure.

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Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 10d

25 years ago, Durham Cathedral was covered in faux spider webs. At the rehearsal, there was a guy walking round with an owl on his arm. I fully expected to be presented with a sorting hat.
Harry Potter 1 was being filmed.

Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 10d

Sitting in Durham Cathedral, praying and remembering my ordination as deacon. I read Bp Michael’s charge before i came out: Formation, Transformation, Reformation.
The cathedral is full of tourists wishing I would move, bcos I impede their photographs.

Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 11d

Tomorrow, 8 October is the 25th anniversary of my ordination as a deacon. I have no appointments (tho desperate for a haircut). I will have a Quiet Day of reflection and go to the Cathedral.

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Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 11d

For those local to Durham and follow my family history discoveries over recent months, I will be telling the story of my 7x gt g’fr and his 3 sons at:
The Parish Hall Framwellgate Moor
(In front of St Aidans Church)
Mon 20 Oct 2.00pm
All welcome.
Honestly, it’s a great story. Do join us.

Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 15d

Just musing on the number of words now that begin E- (mail, commerce, etc).
Remembering from family history that I had a great uncle Ewald, pronounced E-wald. And wondering what that was the electronic version of.
Uncle Ewald was born in Saltburn and lived in York.

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Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 17d

Whom I know personally from another life.

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Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 17d

Yep

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Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 17d

I heard 2 students on the bus behind me talking about chaplain AT, saying “he’s got real dad-cool”.

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Meg Gilley @teacupmeg.bsky.social · 17d

Happy anniversary!
I followed 6 days later, a date which now means other things.
I was ordained priest 8 Oct 2001, the day we invaded Afghanistan.
My ordination anniversaries have sad and dreadful associations.

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