R's rue

 I forgot to blog this tiny moment of surreal joy today, what with the family news and all that Zoe Ball was shouting a lot on radio 2 this morning as she has a want to do  But this sentence did make me laugh out loud in the dog walking car park early doors “ Ooooh I’m all out of sorts today” she moaned  ……”I’ve put the wrong bra on!” Ps Leslie Thomas never said “ Goodbye” Sadly until now x from Going Gently https://ift.tt/RsCPD65

R ecently, I thought about 1969 and 1970 and the music that coloured those twenty four months. Here on this very blog I shared with you three of my favourite singles from each of those special years. Back then I was always delighted to visit Kingston-upon-Hull's two best record shops - Sydney Scarborough under The City Hall  and Stardisc Records on Silver Street. Of course then there were no CD's or cassette versions of albums so you leafed through the record stacks checking out album covers. Album covers were becoming more imaginative by 1969 - they were more than just sleeves to hold the discs. In fact one might argue that they complemented the music within. Before making this blogpost, I checked out lists of albums published in those two iconic years and picked out three of my favourite albums from each year. I owned them all and played them to death till I knew just about every lyric from beginning to end. Perhaps I should have devoted  an equal amount of dedication to m...

 It’s a day for celebration, family celebration.  The Gray name, it would seem, will be carried on a little further into the future with the arrival of baby Andrew Gray only yesterday . The son of my nephew Jon  was a tad early in showing, but he’s not only took my brother’s Christian name but takes the family name beyond any of us childless siblings will ever do. My brother, who died of motor neurone disease over a decade ago would have be tickled pink by the news Nephew Pete, My sister Ann, Brother in law Tim and nephew Chris My sister Ann’s husband Tim is in Windsor Castle with the family  as I type this. Princess Anne will be awarding him his MBE today for services to the local business community.  Several years ago Ann was awards a British Empire Medal for her services to the community  It’s lovely to have some good news  from Going Gently https://ift.tt/vXgu07t

 I’m fighting my flesh today. Trying now to cower to my own expectation. Worshipping through the anxiety. Having to trust. I don’t understand much, but this I know:  God wants all of me. And He will get it. He stripping away the filter. I’m raw. Square one is better with God than polished refinement.  You want it all I hide But you  Find me Every time Without Batting an eyelash Love yourself It’s the one thing That makes me shudder To this day Let me view The mirror’s reflection As proof of Your majesty from R's rue https://ift.tt/U4mQWNy