This, that, and the other

It's the little things that matter.

The minister and his wife at one of the churches where dad plays the organ sent him a pair of fingerless gloves. Just because one of them chanced to remark to dad that it was cold in the church and wondered whether he could wear gloves while playing, and dad said he'd need fingerless gloves (which, by the way, he didn't have before, but has now).

Wasn't that nice of them?

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I stumbled upon this today, and it is well worth reading. It's on prayer. And it is excellent.

And also, this by Purcell. I found it on youtube. And I, being prepared for beauty, though it an ugly piece, until I heard this rendition. And then I returned to the first rendition, being prepared to think it ugly, and couldn't see what the problem was.

Oh, and J.S. Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze is very nice. But I'll leave that one to you to search for if you're interested. Yes, I'm lazy.

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The title came from my sister, who looked over my shoulder and said "This, that, and the other". I credit her for it here.

I'm sure I've written a post titled "This, that, and the other" before though.

After having carefully looked through all my published posts' titles, it would seem that I haven't. There was a post with a similar title, but it is far too cringe worthy to link to. All I have to say about this is that immature teenagers should NOT be let loose on the blogging world under any circumstance whatsoever, for EVERYONE'S good.

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Now, for a short weather report.

Monday, awoke to a light sprinkling of snow, which was melting at eight thirty am and all gone by twelve noon.

Tuesday, no snow.

Today, a few snowflakes fell, but they did not settle. They melted when they hit the ground.

So there's no extreme coldness in this part of England.

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Our woolworths has now closed. Everyone's woolworths has closed. So, in memory of them, here is a list of things which I have from woolworths.

--a nice pair of gloves. They're black with grey fake fur and I've had them for ages.
--a notebook. It is from Christmas 2007, I think, and I haven't yet filled it.
--a pair of cheap sunglasses which I never wear because my little sister mangled them a little and I'm not a sunglasses person anyway
--a book on British wildlife
--chocolate. It's all been eaten long ago, but I'm almost certain I bought chocolate from them last year...hey, no, in 2007. Two years ago.
--pom poms. I kid you not. I will use them just as soon as I think of a craft project which needs pom poms to make it perfect.
--glitter. It should be useful at some distant point in the future.
--christmas presents and easter presents for other members of my family. I won't list them here because they're not mine, and so I don't get any use from them. Presents I've bought for my family should go on their lists of things they own from woolworths.
--a torch. It's a silver colour.

There must be, must have been other things. I just don't remember them now.