I seem, like everything else, to be a center, a sort of vortex, at which the whole energy of the universe realizes itself. Each and every one of us, not only human beings but every leaf, every weed, exists in the way it does, only because everything else around it does. The individual and the [...]
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Filed under Holidays, Science & Nature, Stratford-upon-Avon 2022
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 4th 2024
Filed under Faith Foundations, Out & About
Southwark Cathedral
Information from Southwark Cathedral website:
The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie stands at the oldest crossing-point of the River Thames at what was for many centuries the only entrance to the City of London situated across the river. A verbal tradition passed on to the Elizabethan historian John Stow suggests [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 3rd 2024
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Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark was built exclusively for the China tea trade. Tea had been enjoyed in Asia for centuries, but it did not reach Britain until the 1650s.
Initially hailed for its medicinal qualities, tea was mainly enjoyed by the wealthy. But thanks, in part, to an extensive smuggling network, its popularity exploded. Tea taxes were slashed [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 1st 2024
