Personal diary of John Barnabas (aka Barney) Leith
From the monthly archives:
Monday 31 July, 2006 ‘O ye beloved of the Lord! Commit not that which defileth the limpid stream of love or destroyeth the sweet fragrance of friendship. By the righteousness of the Lord! Ye were created to show love one to another and not perversity and rancour. Take pride not in love for yourselves [...]
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Renewing a long-standing friendship is a wonderful, almost a miraculous experience. I’ve known Peter (leaning against the tree in the photo) since October 1965. He was at the first Baha’i meeting I ever attended, like me an enquirer. We became Bah?’?s around the same time, although Pete is no longer a Baha’i. Pete married [...]
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Thanks to Vahid for reminding me about Archive, a Mac only search program for the Baha’i Writings. I used to use Archive until going over to OS X, and had forgotten that it existed.
It doesn’t cover the range of non-Baha’i materials covered by Baha’i Research, but it looks from the screenshots on the Schoolmarm Wood [...]
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I’ve been having problems with my left ear for a while – a noticeable tinnitus, hearing loss, and sometimes my ear feels like it’s filled with cotton wool. That’s how it was yesterday. So I phoned our local surgery to make an appointment, only to be told that appointments are very scarce and I’d do [...]
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Thursday 27 July, 2006This post in This Ongoing War, an insightful blog written by an Israeli, shows the impact of war on soldiers and ordinary people alike.
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Erica and I ate our meal this evening at the kitchen table with the large french doors that give onto the garden flung wide. From time to time lightning jagged through the dark clouds over Harmergreen Wood on the ridge that lies between Robbery Bottom and Digswell. Thunder rumbled above and around, no great [...]
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Baha’is are forbidden to confess their sins to any other human being. We can bring ourselves to account each day only with God. Nevertheless, I am going to confess to be a Mac user. In fact, I’ve been a Mac user since November (you see, I can even remember the month) 1987, when I bought [...]
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Thursday 27 July, 2006 London was unbelievably hot yesterday, over 30C and very humid. I used the Central, Piccadilly and Victoria lines; all of them were hot, but the Piccadilly Line at around 5 p.m. was almost unbearable.
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Chris Lay, a wonderful photographer, has put some evocative images of China, where he and Savvy, his wife, currently live, on his website. Do have a look at these beautiful pictures.
I met Chris and Savvy some years ago. They’re good friends with my son and daughter-in-law, Alex and Charlie, and they are truly delightful people, [...]
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Saturday 22 July, 2006 It’s well worth reading this blog by an Israeli family whose daughter was murdered at the age of 15 in a restaurant massacre. They are dedicated to giving a factual and truthful understanding of what is going on in Israel and the region.
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