the post drought continues

I’m not sure where all my time is really going at the moment (or more accurately, to list what’s devouring it all would be too long and boring).
Instead, I’d have liked to dazzle you with an insightful review of OCP, last week’s phonology fest. If I had the time to marshal my thoughts, I’d be [...]

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dear patient readers…

… or maybe that should be would-be readers -
What I’m doing till the end of the week is attending the Old World Conference in Phonology (OCP) (the abbreviation is as phonological as the conference), right here in Edinburgh where the sun is even shining. You can find out more about it and browse through the [...]

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the altar of private prayer

In Spurgeon’s  daily readings, the morning devotional for July 15th is one of exhortation.
[Private prayer] is the very life of all piety. … Secret devotion is the very essence, evidence, and barometer of vital and experimental religion. … Let your [private devotions] be, if possible, regular, frequent, and undisturbed. … Have you nothing to pray [...]

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dyslexia: not a myth

The main thing that Labour MP Graham Stringer’s recent column on Manchester Confidential tells us is that he is astonishingly full of misguided and misinformed opinions.
In an article titled ‘Dyslexia is a myth,’ Mr Stringer repeatedly confuses illiteracy with dyslexia, mistakes correlation for causation, fails to notice how he refutes his own position, and reveals [...]

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by the by

I haven’t posted anything for a week, a whole week! Since we last spoke, I’ve spent a day travelling, a day or two earning some pennies, and the rest of the time disappeared one way or the other. Today I joined the local library and came away with a volume of Iain Crichton Smith’s collected [...]

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another review

I’ve added a review of Dolina MacCuish’s new book, A Heart for Africa, to the reviews page (click here to access it, or else click through from the “Books” tab at the top of the page).

Dolina MacCuish (2008), A Heart for Africa: The Story of Jean Nicolson, Missionary in Zimbabwe. Free Presbyterian Publications

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happy new year

Big hearty good wishes to everyone who reads and comments here! It’s a pleasure to hear from new people and old friends – whether you challenge things (and make me think) or quietly agree (and keep me accountable!).
From being just a place to spill odd thoughts this blog has been slowly becoming somewhere to [...]

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