A voice had begun to sing…… Sometimes he almost thought it was coming out of the earth beneath them. Its lower notes were deep enough to be the voice of the earth itself …..it was beyond comparison the most beautiful noise he had ever heard……it seemed to him that the stars were singing.
The voice of Aslan singing Narnia into being – from C.S.Lewis’s ‘The Magician’s Nephew.
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The Bank of England (to the left), sometimes called the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, is where the economy is stitched safely together! Today’s modern City towers above. Opposite is The Royal Exchange. The original building was ceremonially opened as a center of commerce in 1570 by Queen Elizabeth I. The Duke of Wellington’s Waterloo memorial statue completes this scene of fame, fortune and financial prudence.
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Christmas in Wenceslas Square, Prague (above photo by Karelj – Wikipedia). A reminder of Good King Wenceslas of the carol we sing, who showed Christmas kindness to that poor peasant gathering winter fuel on The Feast of Stephen.
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As the early morning dew lies over the water-meadow, on the banks of this stream there’s another story waiting, helped along by some of my own pastel sketches!
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A Listening Heart 