Epiphany

January the 6th is the Feast of the Epiphany

So what is the EPIPHANY? (apart from a weird word)

Dictionary.com says

1. A christian festival commemorating the manifestation of the Christ to the Gentiles in the persons of the Magi.

2. An apperance or manifestation, esp of a deity.

3. A sudden, intuitive perceptionof or insight into realityor essential meaning of something, usually initiatied by some simple, homely or commonplace occurance or expereince.

4. a literary work or section of work presenting, usually symbolically, such a moment of revelation or insight.

We all have epiphanies of one sort or another.

What will yours be?

The King's Speech

Yesterday, Catherine & I saw a wonderful movie. It was "The King's Speech".

It tells the story of King George VI. He never expected to take the throne.He never expected to speak to and for a nation in wartime. Yet he did both of these while overcoming a debilitating stammer.

The movie had nuanced performances from a number of great actors. Colin Firth showed strength, determination and pathos as "Bertie" King George VI. Helena Bonham-Carter was a loving and determined Queen Consort Elizabeth. Geoffrey Rush played Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue. His performance is honest with gentile humour. Other notable faces are Micael Gambon as George V, Guy Pearce as Edward VIII & Derek Jacobi as the Archbishop of Canterbury.

"The King's Speech" has already won a number of awards, and I look forward to seeing how many Oscars it will pick up. From the costumes to the direction this is a beautiful gentle yet strong movie. It shows the real value of truth and friendship

Below is a recording of the real King George VI giving THE speech in 1939. We heard his perseverance and his hesitation all at once. His sense of duty & sacrifice makes his daughter's (called Lilbet by her family) actions more clear.

A New year ...and a new look

SO....
Here we are again.
This time it's 2011.
Where did the time go?


I thought that I would freshen up my blog. Why the new look? Well I will let the greatest wordsmith answer that question.

"All the world's a stage,

And all the men & women merly players:

they have their exits and their entrances;

And one man in his time plays many parts"

As You Like it

As a new year begins I wonder... what parts will be there this year for me to play? What parts will be there for you?

Who will make entrances and who will make exits?

Let me leave you with one more puzzle?

Whats behind the curtain?