Decided to change the mood and dress style of the blog for the duration of my sabbatical. Don't be misled by the books on the top banner – I'll do my fair share or reading, writing, studying. But there is more to this wonderful life than books, and I'm going looking for it over the next few months. But I DO like the colour, the layout and the sense of lightness just bouncing off the page.
The picture was taken while on holiday exploring a medieval monastery and walking across the river using ancient stepping stones. Amongst the benefits of a sabbatical will be the chance to regain balance and be able to negotiate the stepping stones that are the next stages of life in all its vocational possibilities.
When I did the crossing last year several of the stones were shoogly, moving just enough to remind the unwary or over-confident pilgrim that life isn't always free of shoogles! Recreation, prayer, reading, walking, people, food - in no order of priority – these are part of daily life, unless they are squeezed out by that over-determined work ethic that Sabbath is meant to interrupt and thus reset life to normal! So these are mostly what I'll be doing a refresher course in! That way I'll cope with the shoogles and nae fa' in. (shoogle is a variation of 'shog' which means 'to wobble from side to side' – 18th century NE of Scotland).
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