Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Books, Faith Foundations, Out & About
… around Britain by Church
Synopsis from the book cover:
Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in our towns, villages and cities, even as their influence and quthority has waned. They contain art and architectural wonders – one huge gallery scattered, like a hanful of jewels, across these isles.
Thoughts:
The book meanders through through Britain [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 13th 2024
A Mystery Explained…
Synopsis: (from book preface by The Duke of Northumberland 1983)
It is approximately 4000 years ago that our remote ancestors, who are sometimes known as the ‘Beaker People’ because of the distinctively decorated cinerary urns they fashioned to contain ashes of the dead, incised markings on the sandstone rocks of Northumberland, which are generally [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Aug 9th 2017
Synopsis from the book cover:
Truth is stranger than fiction. And nowhere in literature is it so apparent as in this classic work, The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest. This autobiography of a Jesuit priest in Elizbethan England is most remarkable document and John Gerard, its author, a most remarkable priest in a time when to [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on May 25th 2015
Synopsis (from back cover):
Enormous, elephantine and extinct the mammoth is the iconic animal of the Ice Age. These colossal creatures roamed the cold, open landscapes of Europe, Asia and North America as recently as 20,000 years ago. Today, their well-preserved fossil remains generate much fascination and speculation around the world. Mammoths: Ice age Giants reveals [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 2nd 2014
Book Overview (from book cover):
Silbury Hill is an iconic monument within the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site, and the largest prehistoric mound in Europe. Written by two authors with unrivalled information and knowldedge of the Hill and combining scholarly research and readable narrative, the book tells the story of the early recognition of its [...]
11 Comments CherryPie on Jul 26th 2014
Filed under Books, Science & Nature
Synopsis (from the book cover):
How many days are there between full moons – think you know? Is there an ancient key to the calendar hidden in the stone circles? What is the magical secret of the Sun-Moon-Earth system?
If you have ever wondered about eclipses, tides or the seasons, this amazing little book by acknowledged time-lord [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on May 14th 2014
Filed under Books
… A year in the Languedoc wine country
Synopsis (from the author’s website):
In Virgile’s Vineyard, Patrick Moon explores the world of Languedoc wine. Among the cast of characters that Patrick meets during his year of discovery is Virgile, a young local wine-maker who offers to initiate him into the mysteries of each seasons work in the [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 3rd 2014
