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Friday 24 December 2021

Happy Christmas to all my readers

The Holy Night                                                                                                                        Carlo Maratta (1625 - 1713)

Very Best Wishes for a Happy Christmas and Peaceful New Year

21 comments:

  1. Nadolig llawen a blwyddyn newydd fendigedig i'n gwesteiwr ac i bawb sy'n defnyddio'r wefan hon.

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  2. PP. Thank you for your proactive blog. Have a truly blessed Christmas AB

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  3. Happy Christmas AB, and to all contributors to the site - even the ones with whom I disagree. Seymour

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    1. Like it! I don't always agree with you, but you always post thoughtfully and thought-provokingly, if there is such a word ... and charitably too.

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  4. I don't speak Welsh but, yes, Nadolig Llawen to all.

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    1. I don't speak it brilliantly either; I'm English by upbringing - Mancunian variety; but when I came to Wales as a student many years ago - 1964 - I found myself in what was then an overwhelmingly Welsh-speaking town. Inevitably I picked up a bit of the language.

      And when I ended up staying on in Wales I decided that I should make the effort to learn. I'm not that fluent; I find it easier to read and write Welsh rather than speak it because then I can take my time - aided by a dictionary in reading, and the brilliant and now much improved 'Google Translate' in writing it, so that I can check my grammar. Speaking it for any sustained period involves quicker thinking, and a wider instant vocabulary, than I can manage! It keeps the mond nimble and fends off senescence ... ;-)

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    2. One must always worry about the mond!
      🤣 🤣 🤣

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    3. I'm not sure that I've got a mond ...

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    4. But I take your point. Lapsus calumi! Or, rather, keyboardii ...

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    5. Come to think about it, the only 'mond' I know just a bit about about is in Clydach ..

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  5. A happy & blessed Christmas A/B.

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  6. Nadolig llawen. Have a peaceful and healthy Christmas and 2022. May your blog continue to flourish.

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  7. Happy Christmas to all on AB. I often disagree with very many of you. Perhaps we can disagree less in the year to come and be salt and light for the world and each other.

    Ruthy

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    1. Maybe. But it sometimes occurs to me that without preliminary grinding you can't produce the flour which we all seek!

      However that may be, my best wishes for the festive season and for the uncertain year ahead - given that Covid still lurks ...

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    2. And to you too John.

      Ruthy

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  8. Given the headline of June Osbourne's Christmas Sermon on 'Llandaff Matters', could we see a spirit of reconciliation between she and The Dean ?
    Contented of Cardiff

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    1. Don't hold your breath CofC.
      There's the small matter of a missing £70k and an AGA in the Deanery kitchen!

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  9. Nadolig llawen to you AB and all your readers.

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  10. You remind me of the time when I looked to the Anglican Curch in Wales as a source of sanity. While having come to disagree with you I admire your blog as a source of polite discussion. A very Happy New Year.

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