Category Archives: other words

Hospitality – 1: the short form

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

Recently, I’ve been travelling. I’ve experienced hospitality both as a guest and as a host, and as the visitor to unfamiliar church communities’ weekly services. Arriving early to one such service, I found the place quiet and meditative.  A note in the bulletin, in … Continue reading →

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Do you forgive me?

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

In the movie, Fiddler on the Roof, there is a duet between Tevye and Golde in which Tevye asks his wife of 25 years, “Do you love me?” After all that time together, Golde is surprised by the question: what … Continue reading →

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A prayer life or une vie de priere?

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

The past two weeks I’ve been constantly on the move (or so it’s seemed). First, to the centre of England and a quiet village and a quaint cottage filled to the rafters with family; then a few glorious days in … Continue reading →

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recycled knitting revisited (again)

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

For those following along, we began with plastic bag knitting  (https://rosalindhughes.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/a-plastic-story/ ), moved on to a t-shirt cat mat (https://rosalindhughes.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/more-recycled-knitting/), then a t-shirt bag, for which I promised a “proper” pattern once I’d repeated the feat. Here’s the pattern I … Continue reading →

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More Recycled Knitting

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

Following my foray into recycled plastic knitting (https://rosalindhughes.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/a-plastic-story/), I was inspired by friends to try recycled t-shirt knitting. A slightly gentler and more forgiving medium, it’s perfect if you want to knit old stuff into new but find the plastic too rigid and … Continue reading →

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July 10 2011 – Year A, Pentecost 4 – Leftover Reflections

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

A couple of weeks ago, NPR carried a brief story about some research which found that people who use social networking sites, like facebook or twitter, have deeper relationship with the folks around them than people who don’t.* Maybe you’re surprised; … Continue reading →

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“No matter what”

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

Last week, sitting in a field at the 2011 Alive Christian Music Festival, I heard a speaker say something quite unexpected: “God loves you, no matter what the Bible says.” It seemed like an odd thing to say, and it certainly … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Plastic – A Toxic Love Story, by Susan Freinkel

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

Following my adventures with plastic knitting (see previous post), I was fascinated to hear of the publication of Susan Freinkel’s Plastic: A Toxic Love Story (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011). Freinkel’s journalistic exploration of the history and present and future … Continue reading →

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A Plastic Story

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

Last month, some friends and collaborators presented our church with a new set of liturgical vestments: an altar cloth, a chasuble, stoles for all the clergy and more. The twist? They were all knit and crocheted out of plastic shopping bags. … Continue reading →

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Waiting

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Rosalind C Hughes

Last Thursday evening, I saw a new spotted fawn springing across our lawn, full of the joy of simply being alive. On Saturday, my teenagers reported that the fawn was sleeping in the tendrils of a fallen tree limb in … Continue reading →

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