Just to keep things going - here's a poem from TS Eliot for this day of Epiphany The Journey Of The Magi A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.' And the camels galled, sorefooted, refractory, Lying down in the melting snow. There were times we regretted The summer palaces on slopes, the terraces, And the silken girls bringing sherbet. Then the camel men cursing and grumbling and running away, and wanting their liquor and women, And the night-fires going out, and the lack of shelters, And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly And the villages dirty and charging high prices: A hard time we had of it. At the end we preferred to travel all night, Sleeping in snatches, With the voices singing in our ears, saying That this was all folly. Then at dawn we came down to a temperate valley, Wet, below the snow line, smelling of vegetation; With a runn...
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Just got back last night, enjoyed my time and will blog my thoughts over the coming days. I went to the Christopher Booker talks after being recommended to by my friend helen. Didn't get to any other literature stream things, though she did.
I didn't go to the main stage nearly as often as previous greenbelts, really only for Nizlopi and My Morning Jacket. I don't really think this was due to it's new location but rather the poor line-up at this year's festival.
The Taize worship on sat eve was my highlight
The Literature strand looked excellent, only got to one session though which was quite ok. Would have liked to have heard Andrew Motion, time didn't allow. Found Jim Wallis useful and reflective, it was a pity Walter Wink had to cancel -- hope he's ok.
So a thoroughly enjoyable and relaxing weekend. So far the only thing I've heard of that was 'controversial' was the Ikon service, and even that not particularly.
The site management was the best yet, and the morning communion went very smoothly.