From one of my brothers.

What about w, ch, dd and all the other great letters?

The Catholic bara brith club

Now has two members.

Maggie Clitherow likes it too!

Contrary to the name of her blog, she has some lovely pics and all sorts. Great garden.
Lots of interesting and informative things to read.

When I get my act together, I'll put up a recipe and we can all make some for Easter.
Home cooking, how to make folks happy.

I have some friends coming to stay with their two children (6 and 3) so I get to make shepherd's pie and roast dinner and procure a few Easter eggs.

Bedtime for tired teachers. Busy cracking the coursework whip. No more, 'It might be better if...,' more 'What key is this in?' 'This melody is going nowhere..' Oh so sensitive.

Shamelessly lifted from Fr Z...

Hallo Africa

I have had my first two African visitors. Welcome.

One in Liberia, seeking yes, bara brith. Yum. Bara brith lovers of the world unite, for clearly though we be flung to the far corners of the earth, we have much in common. Happy St David's Day.

Another from Uganda. Hallo!

Reactions

Yesterday, continuing my quest to get out a bit in a Catholic kinda way, I went to a talk in a London Church. It was most excellent. Really. Top top stuff. Never been to anything where the Priest says we'll have a few questions only then a bit of silent adoration. Great. Some people ask really interesting questions, but others ramble a bit and someimes people get a bit hot under the collar, which is hard on the person who's just been speaking. I'm a teacher, so I sit at the back and look at the floor.

Anyway, during the course of the talk a lady a couple of rows infront of me seemed to faint and I'm not sure if she actually did fall to the floor, but was certainly on the way and it was a hrad wooden floor. What always strikes me on the these occasions is that everyone reacts the same. So, suddenly there was a collective surge of, 'Oh no, I hope she's OK, has she hurt herself,' though no-one actually spoke. She seemed fine, thankfully.

When with Catholics I seem to be able to mind read and other people seem to be able to predict my every wim (lucky me), the rest of the time, it's a bit hit and miss (and that's putting it gently!)

St David's Day

A flurry of googling for bara brith, indicates the coming of March 1st.

Some random pictures of a heart-warming Welsh sort.

Conwy Castle, which is on the opposite side of the river to where my Grandparents lived. Travellers til the 1980s will have fond memories of queuing through Conwy on the way to Holyhead and Ireland. My Welsh Grandfather - Taidy, spoke little, but was often heard to enquire after the traffic, which really dominated their lives. All fine now thanks to a tunnel. Before Edward I built it (the castle, that is,)there was an Augustinian monastery there. All Edward's castles are served by sea... The Welsh castle he dismantled was on the opposite side. There are still a few rocks left on some waste land and a road named after it.

The Great Orme in Llandudno. My Dad used to take me and my next brother there for running around of an afternoon before going back for Wales Today, the coal fire and Victoria Sponge. It felt like our own mountain. We used to make huge 'Hello' signs in rocks and then wave to coach parties of elderly people as they went by, which we thought was great. I seem to remember being taken with the idea of throwing rocks off, but this was not allowed as you can't always see it's safe. I'm sure the sheep would have moved quickly enough.... but maybe not the coaches. It's now a nature reserve and you have to pay to go on it. Probably not allowed to make 'Hellos' either.

The furthest west and north in the visitor league is Flint, or as my Dad calls it F-Flint.

So in an effort to press NW, here are some places for people to google and find me. Beddgelert, Llanrwst, Porthmadog, Moel Siabod, Cnicht, Tyfan, Penrynddaedrath, Deganwy, Mochdre. Sorted.

Hello Bevans

I saw the repoduction of the Sistine Chapel ceiling on Fr Dwight's blog the other day. WOW!

Now the whole family have a blog.

I like their list of likes.