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Hello. Friday, after the boys left for school, I went round to church. On Friday they sort through the donations & set out the "Love to share" clothing 'shop'. I was happy to join in that activity. Everything was said totally in Dutch and I was pretty happy with the communication today. After a couple of hours we 5 ladies & a toddler, had a coffee & a bit of plain madeira cake, which here is called "Cake". Then I got the bus to Hoofddorp to get the boys some things they need for school camp on Monday. I watched a bit of this Meryl Streep Rock/relationships film Called "Ricki and the Flash". Then we ordered a burger delivery from Family, and Fred cycled off to the church age 12-14 club called Impuls. it's 8-10.15pm. that's a bit late for age 12 innit!
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Fred seemed to enjoy the teen club. He hasn't divulged much yet except there were 6 girls, 3 boys, and popcorn. He was happy enough though.
I haven't done much else except crochet, which has been very nice! With Lee & the girls gone, we have been satisfied with nothing more than chicken schnitzels and beans on toast, or "white beans in tomato sauce upon toasted bread" as it's known here.
I didn't sleep very well this week. So a nice coffee, biccies 'n' crochet was in order.
'Preparing for Camp' has been looming over us this week. And the thought of having to be ON the bus for 5am Monday has been a bit draining. I have also been working on the absolute mountain of washing that is produced here. It's almost gone now!
I actually slept in this morning til 9am and chose not to rush for church. Instead I had a nice quiet sunny Sunday morning listening to some Jamie Ivey "The Happy Hour" podcasts. They are very friendly, chatty, informative and fun.
And now the packing is in earnest. The school Hardly Ever sends a paper letter home, which is fabulous. So the packing list was on a website. Easy to get on our mobile phones & take a picture of so we couldn't lose it.


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Sunday 25 November – You've Been Framed
The last week has been focussed on a single task – progressing the man shed build. As such this blog will be very short.
I am pleased to say that I have made some good progress, which I am very pleased with, and with the frame now being complete, the footprint of the shed, as well as the door and access, is visible and it is a really good space.
I mentioned in last week's blog that we couldn't get the corner douglas posts from the same sawmill as we did for Grange as the owner had had an accident. Thankfully, we found another mill which was able to cut the posts and I was able to collect them on Wednesday.
I was only able to complete the 3rd and final side of the shed once the post had been put in place as it needed to be lifted onto the spike that will help hold it in place. This couldn't be done until I had moved the power cable which provides the power to Grange. Having wired it via the fusebox in Hayloft, we drilled a hole which came out inside the old shed but would be outside the new one.
A little channelling through the lime mortar of Hayloft allowed me to thread the cable between the slates and hide again behind some new mortar so it emerges 'inside' the shed.
The next task is to prepare and install the other 3 posts before I can cut the rafters to allow me to put the roof on. Unfortunately that will now have to wait for a while – although not as long as the rendering which, I suspect, will be better to wait until the spring when it starts to warm up. The longer I delay the rendering the longer Garratt can have his mound of sand which he seems to prefer as it gives him a higher spot to look out from!
I'm afraid there won't be a blog for the next couple of weeks but I will be back on 16th December with an update.
Until then …
Sunday 18 November – Shed and Bed
Last week's blog said that we were due to have some good weather which would allow me to progress the man-shed. Thankfully that has proven to be accurate and I have managed to put in a few days continuing the man-shed build.
Sadly, I wasn't able to work on the shed every day, although would have liked to, and while the weather would have allowed, once again there were other things to do.
The week started with the last bit of dirty work, for now, when I need to mix more mortar to put in a damp-proof layer at the top of the 3 courses of brick. I am not sure why but damp proof membrane does not seem to be as readily available in French DIY stores as in the UK and, where it was stocked, it was considerably more expensive. Irritatingly, having bought some at Castorama I then found some at much better value online – lesson re-re-relearned!
However, at least having it done allowed me to make a start to the frame. I am using exactly the same techniques that our builder used and taught me when we were building Grange (but much slower!) so, being only single story, it should be absolutely solid.
Unlike the old shed that I am replacing I want this one to have natural light – at least through windows rather than the massive gaps in the cladding than before! We found a couple of windows on Facebook marketplace (a resource I am very new too but now quite like) and we saved the glass panels from the old shower in Stable when we were refurbishing in our first year. I said I didn't throw anything away that maybe useful, well now they have found a purpose!
I started on the front wall as it would be the easiest to do and have managed to complete it. This has allowed me to calculate the angle I need for the roof so I can start the back wall and cut the uprights at the correct angle. So far its looking like it is working out!
As it will be in the same style as Grange, we are going to have large douglas fir corner posts. Initially I thought it would be easier to get these from the same sawmill as those for Grange however, having tried to contact the mill, the operator has had an industrial accident and the mill is closed for the rest of the year. Knowing how large their saw blades are I hate to think what sort of accident he has had but, as he is confident he will be open next year whatever it is will evidently have grown back!
It did mean that I needed to find another mill and, having done a bit of research I was amazed at how many there are around us. It has meant that I have been able to choose one at a reasonable cost and who can have them ready fairly quickly as I will likely get to a point when they will be the things that hold me up.
I had to stop work on the shed on Thursday as a local farmer arrived with a trailer load of firewood we had ordered that then needed to be split, cut and stacked away while it stayed dry. All good stuff for keeping us toasty warm in the winter and, more importantly, our gîte guests!
Unfortunately I haven't managed to get back to the shed since then as we decided on Friday to go shopping for some other bits required, mostly the roofing sheets, based on the principle that, if I have everything here, there is no excuse not to make good progress when the weather allows.
Saturday was another 'shopping' trip for a couple of beds we also found online. We weren't actively seeking new beds but on our, very long, list of things that we want, was to replace the last 2 single beds which were here when we arrived and were in Granary. The beds we had were functional but weren't very attractive and didn't fit in with our refurbished décor so, when we saw an advert for 2 traditional Breton beds and mattresses at a great price we though the long journey to collect them was worth it.
I have spent most of today putting them up. It wasn't supposed to take that long but, having initially decided that they would look best in Priory's eaves twin bedroom, when I had built them it looked a tiny but too cramped – these being wider than the beds we were replacing – so we chose to move them to the first floor twin where we think they look great – traditional yet not old-fashioned and not too 'Grandma's house'. We hope you agree.
This has allowed us to shuffle the remaining beds so now the Granary twin has the beds previously in Priory, which look far better, and the legacy beds are in storage – told you I don't throw anything away!
Next week again looks good weather-wise albeit very cold at points, but I should be able to continue with the shed and hopefully get the whole of the frame erected – assuming we get our douglas posts!
Sunday 11 November – We Will Remember Them
Today has been a beautiful day outside. It is very different from the very mixed weather of the last 7 days and absolutely perfect for Armistice Day and this significant centenary.
Watching the pictures from the Cenotaph in London it appeared to be the same bright, crisp, optimistic autumn day as here. David and I went to memorial in Saint Cadou but, sadly, we were the only people there and had our own period of reflection and remembrance. A new, official looking, wreath had been laid suggesting there had been a ceremony there recently so possibly the commemorations were taking place in Sizun rather than our own village but foolishly we hadn't done our research.
The memorial does show however the impact of the 2 wars even on our small village. There were considerably more casualties during The Great War than WW2 and a number lived in Kergudon itself (marked), although we understand this refers to the hamlet rather than our buildings. As everywhere else the frequency of the same family name on the memorial shows just how devastating the war was to entire families. There are also a number of family names which are very familiar and still in the village – our neighbours are Pouliquens.
During the Second World War we know that Germans were billeted in the house called The Old Presbytery, opposite Saint Cadou's church, and the old weathercock is in the Sizun museum with the bullet holes where it was used as unofficial target practice.
Work for me has been dictated by the very changeable weather and I have not been able to progress the new man shed. When it was dry I continued to clear the copse of trees that I had started the week before which has made a huge difference to that small area of garden. It always looks more impactful if you compare to the pictures before on previous blogs. With the decheterrie (tip) having more limited opening hours in the winter months, most of which seem to coincide with when David takes the car to work, I change between jobs if I can't empty the trailer.
As such, this week I started clearing another unkempt area of the garden which was becoming more and more overgrown – the old chicken run. We have never cleared the old run or removed the broken down fence so, over the last 4 years it too has become overgrown with bramble, knot weed and sycamore saplings. We do use it occasionally to deposit garden rubbish prior to having a bonfire.
Our last big fire was earlier in the year in May after which I optimistically, and probably naïvely, thought that I could strim through the rest of the area and then keep it under control with mowing. However, on closer look, I needed to manually clear the large amounts of waste that we had dumped there which had never made it onto a fire; remove the fairly sizable trees which have started to grow and make an effort to remove the old chicken wire.
This has proven so far to be a very slow job although I suspect I am doing it probably more thoroughly than is absolutely necessary as I am removing as much root of the weed as I can. Of course all that is doing is making another large pile of garden waste that I will have to burn when we have another dry spell – which, if the forecast is right might be in the next 10 days after Tuesday.
Foolishly I didn't take a before photo, other than this one which was after we had the last bonfire in May, but you get the idea. The current state was taken today.
I mentioned in last week's blog that David had again led the warm-up to the annual Taulé to Morlaix 10K and I promised pictures. Please see the attached video:
All other activities have been inside when it has been particularly wet and windy, as it was especially on Friday although, oddly, despite the large and deep depression which passed to the west of Ireland it was not a named storm. I've never really thought naming a depression was really necessary but if the Met Office is going to do it they need to be consistent about it!
Some of those indoor activities, for David at least, have been more Christmas cooking so the house has smelt amazing. He has now cooked 7 Christmas cakes in total to my Mum's old recipe (which is so good it is framed and hanging in our kitchen!) as well as made lots of chutney and piccalilli for us to enjoy and gift to guests staying with us over Christmas.
Next week, again if the, very positive, forecast is right, I will be able to progress the man shed and get the frame built – exciting stuff.
Sunday 4 November – Block Head
Last week has pretty much been focussed on one task – the blockwork for the new man shed. Having put it off (not intentionally) for a few days I started laying the blocks on Wednesday just as the forecast was changing but I have managed to finish.
At the start of the week I did the very final prep to the man shed concrete base which was mostly clearing away the soil and detritus I had generated reducing the height of the slate wall the week before. Once again this led to creating another job for me or, more accurately, increased the priority of a job that was already on the list.
I had left the excess soil on the concrete base for a couple of days as we weren't sure initially where we could use it and we already have a number of piles of soil / slate / stuff opposite the garage and were reluctant to create another or enlarge an existing one. Eventually we decided to deposit it in a corner of the orchard where we will, eventually, create another raised flower bed to continue to use up the slate blocks not required for the back gate wall.
Before I deposited it there, I wanted to clear some of the brambles that had taken root which made me think I should also tackle the other trees and weeds which had self-set. The area is between the jungle-bed we created in the spring and the bike shed. It bounded part of the carpark before we arrived, is where we will eventually create a raised pond but where we haven't done anything since we got here (too many other priorities). As such a small copse of trees have grown up (oak, beech, really vicious hawthorn and the ubiquitous sycamore among others) and was certainly not the most attractive part of the estate!
As with so many other parts of the garden, we have plans for that entire area although we're not sure when it will make it to the top of the to-do list. In the short term at least a clear out and tidy up will benefit the front and improve the entrance further. All of the trees will eventually go which will make a large impact but we will replace with other, more interesting, planting.
Once the concrete pad was cleared I made a start to the blockwork. I have laid bricks before but never breeze blocks (our builder, Lee, did all of the walling for Grange and the replacement fences behind Priory) but thought it couldn't be too different. I was probably considerably slower than a professional and only managed one course per day, but I am pleased with the result. It is certainly sturdy enough for a man shed and is a much more practical area than previously as we have extended the parking space for Hayloft and left a walkway between the shed and boundary hedge.
My biggest challenge was getting the final course level when the foundation was anything but. We extended the concrete pad in stages as we had various bits of concrete left over after other jobs and hadn't put anything in place to ensure it was level with the old space. With up to 10 centimetres difference in the levels and only 3 course of blocks to level it out, meant I had to use some thicker mortar courses in places with a bit of padding where required.
I have laid all the courses we need (3) and, following the way Lee showed me when building Grange, have inserted threaded bar to secure the wooden planking to the top of the wall when I start to build the frame which I will do after I've added the damp-proof course.
On Friday evening we had a lovely night at Au Lac and enjoyed the first of Mercedes' Asian tasting nights. In a previous life, Merc spent a long time in the Far East and, now in the low season, has had the great idea of having a different country's cuisine at the weekends. Last Friday was India, so lovely curry, with Thai this week and Indonesia and Malaysia to follow.
Today, for the third year, David represented New York Gym and led the warm-up for a local 10K run north of Morlaix. It was very well received and hopefully I will be able to share pictures and video next week.
The focus for me next week is very much dependent on the weather – which looks very mixed. I hope to be able to progress the shed but, if not, I will continue to clear the copse.
Sunday 28 October – Petit à petit
In last week's blog I foolishly said that there should be 'no excuse' not to make a start with the construction of the new man shed this week. Once again, that was a statement too far and, while I could come up with a number of excuses, I haven't yet laid any blocks.
If I'm being honest, last week was probably not the most productive week I have had since we moved here, so this won't be a long blog and there won't be too many photos.
One of the reasons it wasn't so productive, was that we had some very good friends stay with us with their children as it was their half-term holiday. While this didn't mean that I was too distracted during the days, it did mean we enjoyed a number of late nights and the subsequent late mornings!
The weather was, again, fabulous and especially so for late October. This was great for our friends who could do all the usual summer holiday things such as go to the beach and relax on sun-loungers, and would have been ideal for me to build walls too.
However, while I mentioned last week that I had the 'bulk' of the materials to start the build I was missing a couple of essential items. One was a large disc cutter, to cut the breeze blocks when required, which required a trip to Brest in the week to acquire (another 'toy' of mine as David would say); and the other was the sand required for the mortar. When I visited our closest sand supplier – only in Sizun, their digger was out of action so they couldn't load the trailer and I wasn't keen on shovelling it by hand. With David using the car for work during the week, I couldn't then go back until Friday and it has been raining pretty much since then! However, I now really do have everything I need to start and the forecast suggests I should be able to make a start in the coming week.
It hasn't been a completely idle week however. The large stone wall behind the old shed which I mentioned we would keep but reduce in height is now lower and where we want it to be. The advantage of having done this is that the 2 scruffy trees which had grown have been removed, where possible, otherwise killed so removing any risk of damage to Hayloft; the lower wall will also minimise Hayloft's walls getting wet; and, when I build the new shed, I will do so such that I can access the hedge and keep it under control.
I have also continued to reduce the size of the gravel pile by laying it between the garage and where the man shed will be built but, other than that, it has been a fairly slow week.
We have seen a significant change in the weather in the last 48 hours, and from lovely warm autumn, we have very much arrived at the start of winter with a cold and wet weekend. With the clocks going back last night the evenings will be darker but all the more excuse to light the fire, which we did yesterday in our own house for the first time since last spring, and enjoy the season.
See – I said it would it be short. More, I promise, in the next 7 days!
Sunday 21 October – Shedless
We have been extremely blessed with the autumn weather so far which has been dry and warm for days. Today is no exception and our guests are even outside this afternoon using the sun loungers – not bad for 21st October.
The dry weather has also allowed me to continue with the work I started last week and finish the demolition of the manshed. At the time of last week's blog I had managed to remove the exterior cladding leaving only a frame and the roof.
My main achievement last Monday was to remove the roof. It was amazing how much rubbish had accumulated in the ridges of the corrugated sheeting over the years although it would have been great to add to a compost heap – something that we don't yet have either. It's on the list!
Monday afternoon also saw the first delivery of gravel
that we will need to tidy up around Grange and refresh large parts of the driveway. This delivery is of stones classified as 0/20 which is basically dust (0 mm) up to 20 mm. This was recommended for using on areas which are dirt and haven't been gravelled before as the dust and small stones work their way to the bottom and form a compacted layer – at least that's the theory! Our next deliveries will be larger stones but, having seen the damage the lorry made to my new drive I'm not going to order until either the ground is completely frozen in the winter or baked dry again next summer.
With the roof removed from the old man shed I was able to attack the, very rotten in places, frame. I mentioned last week that 4 of the 8 uprights were rotted through at the base. Having dismantled the frame it was evident that 7 of the posts were actually rotten and only one was attached to the floor by a metal bracket that it had been bolted to.
With the frame down it just left the end breeze block wall that, we assume, was part of a previous, more solid, building on the site. It would have been good to keep this wall but it had been built centimetres inside the boundary talus and meant that I had no access to the hedge. My plan is to leave a narrow access between the new shed and the talus so I can get up and cut the hedge. It has also exposed am attractive, and large, stone wall which we will keep but reduce in height.
With the demolition progressing on Tuesday I ordered the bulk of the materials for the new build which were delivered on Friday so no excuse not to make a start next week.
Towards the end of the week I made a start in moving and using some of the gravel. Starting behind Grange, next to the wood-stores, I moved around to the end and the bin area. Where I had to dig down a little to allow the new gate to swing we hadn't decided what the best thing would be to reinforce the step up to the bins. However, as there is so much slate around what else but another small wall would be the obvious choice!
The access looked immaculate for about 18 hours between Friday night, when I finished laying the gravel, and Saturday morning. On Saturday we had a farmer deliver a cord (3 cubic metres) of firewood which we had to have dumped on the drive. This gave me my activity for yesterday and this morning – splitting the larger logs, and tomorrow, when I can make noise with the chainsaw, I will cut the longer ones. It has given us some full wood-stores although we still haven't yet felt the need to light the fire – although will probably do so soon.
M plan next week is to actually start the blockwork for the new man shed and see how quickly we can get that built – hopefully fairly swiftly if the weather continues to be kind to us.
Sunday 14 October – Shed Work
Last week's blog said that I hoped to be able to progress and, potentially even, empty the man shed. I am delighted to say that I have managed to do that and a little bit more, as we have even started the demolition.
This project will make a huge difference to us in a number of ways. We found that when I finished the storeroom above Grange the ability to store all of our 'stuff' in one place, especially everything which was required when we change the gîtes around, made life so much easier and more efficient. Having a larger, better arranged shed will do the same for all of my DIY equipment and mean that we can conduct maintenance and redecoration much more easily.
The plan is to rebuild the shed in exactly the same style as we have built Grange so making that whole part of the garden look more organised and planned. The rebuild will give us a much larger shed but also a larger parking area for Hayloft as cars are getting bigger and bigger it will allow our guests to park without protruding onto the drive.
The new shed will also give Mouse a more permanent, secure, home. While she is an outdoor cat she is incredibly affectionate and, for whatever reason, has been more so in the last few days. She likes being around us if we are working outside but really doesn't like sleeping anywhere her mother has been. Her mother is owned by our neighbours but, as Mouse, lives outside. We don't however think her mother is fed or has a place to sleep so she has become a bit of a nuisance and can be quite aggressive towards Mouse. Because Mouse can only sleep where any other cat can access, it does mean that all her comfy 'beds' have been visited by her mother so she won't go back to them. Recently she has taken to sunbathing in an old granite sink – can't be very comfy!
However, all that is a few weeks off. This week has been focussed on clearing out the inside and trying to be disciplined over what I keep and what I dispose of. Generally my approach is to keep anything 'just in case' but it does mean that we have a lot of things which need storing. As such it took until Friday to empty the shed completely. Oddly, the emptied shed appeared a lot smaller than it did when very cluttered. To think that I have about 3 garage bays of stuff to put back in when re-built is daunting!
Having emptied it, it became evident just what a poor state it was in. Of the 8 posts holding the roof up, 4 had rotted through at the base completely and were providing absolutely no support and many of the cladding planks were completely rotten. I wondered if a good gust from Storm Callum passing might help me finish the job but, to its credit, as I was removing all the old screws and nails as I went, in a couple of places the shed put up a good fight.
On the positive side, the cladding was made of the offcuts from a local saw mill so are mostly oak. They will make some great kindling although will take me days to cut up. With all the wood offcuts we have generated with the garage build, and will do with the shed, there is probably a week's worth of work chopping but months' worth of kindling when done.
The roof is the last thing to come off which I hope to do this week and I am looking for the best way of disposing it – sadly it is all the old roofing asbestos sheets so may prove problematic. I also need to find a way to temporarily waterproof a blocked up door to Hayloft as we don't want damp to get in. More pressingly I should probably now go and buy some new material with which to start the rebuild. Famous last words I know but it shouldn't take too long once I make a start!
To (now):
I did manage to do a couple of other tasks in the week. As I thought, I got the grass cut or, more accurately, flattened out the many molehills and cut the small amount of lawn between them. A 'project' for next year trying to eradicate moles from the garden – it's not as though there aren't enough fields around us for them to burrow under.
I also visited our local quarry for a trailer of gravel and to order our first lorry load which arrives tomorrow morning to start gravelling around Grange. One lorry is 13 tonnes, it will be interesting to see how much we ultimately need for the whole drive but I think in the region of 50. Thankfully that probably won't be until next year when I can empty all the garage bays – I just need a new man shed!
Finally, this weekend is also a lovely one as the kitchen is full of amazing smells as David has started his Christmas cooking. Chutneys and piccalilli today and cakes and mincemeat to come. We love the smells almost as much as the finished produce and our Christmas guests have a real treat to look forward to.
More shed work next week!
À bientôt.
Sunday 7 October – Relative Calm
I posted last week's blog a little early as I mentioned that we had a fun event arranged and, for a similar reason, I am posting this week's blog a little late!
Last Sunday night David and Belinda had arranged an end-of season BBQ and party to mark the conclusion of a busy and successful summer period. Belinda, and her husband Andrew, have been running the campsite on the shore of the Lac du Drennec for a similar length of time as we have owned Kergudon but, unlike us, they close over the winter and return to the UK.
Mercedes was kind enough to allow us to use her restaurant, Au Lac, for the event and we had invited a number of other business owners involved in the tourist industry with other friends. It was a fantastic evening and, if I say it myself, one of the better BBQs I have cooked, helped by some fabulous foods brought along by the attendees. A massive thank you to everyone who made it, and to Mercedes for providing the location and her usual generosity.
Having said 'good bye' to David's aunt and uncle on the Thursday before, last Sunday we welcomed my own aunt and uncle for their very first visit to Kergudon and the BBQ was a great way to welcome them.
With my uncle and aunt here it may not have been the most productive week as we enjoyed some very leisurely breakfasts together and some super dinners both courtesy of David and our local eateries.
The weather all week has been exceptionally kind, with the exception of a wet and windy Saturday, and I did manage to cut the grass for the first time in a while, and if the forecast is to be believed I will be able to do so again next week.
With the dry weather I have been able to split another load of our stacked wood and added it to the temporary store – although we have not yet lit our own wood burner this year I suspect it will be soon.
The other major task I have started was (fanfare please) starting to clear out the existing man shed. This picture shows the state that it has become – on one end! I have only managed to do about a day and a half's worth of work and, unsurprisingly, that hasn't made a huge dent in the clearance! I should however be able to progress fairly rapidly this week.
Yesterday's weather was pretty awful so I had to concentrate on some online work and update a number of the websites that we advertise through – seems a bit scary already looking at August 2019!
Today was another fabulous autumnal day, although again not very constructive. We joined one of David's good friends who attends many of his classes in the gym, to celebrate his birthday with a dog walk – ours and his – around the Lac du Drennec and lunch at Au Lac (our 3rd visit this week!)
As previous years, they started using the water in the lake towards the end of the summer and, as it has been such a dry summer, the level has dropped incredibly. These images show the lake either side of the, normally, floating bridge. During our walk we saw our friend, Philippe Dolivet, fishing with some of his clients who actually caught a huge fish while we were watching – perhaps the level was so low there isn't much room for the fish to hide!
Sadly, we said goodbye to my aunt and uncle on Thursday and we are now relative-free, although very pleasingly, both Granary and Hayloft welcomed new guests yesterday. Being on our own should mean that I have a more productive week next week and may just get the man shed emptied.
Sunday 30 September – Wood Week 1
At the end of last week's blog I said, again, that I hoped this week I would have started cutting and clearing some of the wood that we have cut and is lying around the 'estate'. Now is a good time as we continue to enjoy some fantastic weather in the daytime, clear dry and occasionally warm. However, in the evening and overnight it is increasingly obvious that autumn is nearly with us as the temperature falls away quickly.
I am pleased to say that I have started, but I haven't got anywhere near as far as I'd have hoped!
The first thing I thought it would be sensible to do was make a small amend to the wood store that I constructed earlier in the year. When I put the roof on, I had hoped that butting the metal sheeting as close to the back wall and under the cladding plank above it, would be sufficient to prevent the rain getting in. However, it hadn't proved as effective as I had hoped. After a heavy rain shower, especially from the south west where it is facing, the rain that hits and falls down the rear of the building continues into the wood bays getting the back wall and firewood damp.
To address this I have now added a strip of damp proof membrane to cover the gap. This was more challenging than I had anticipated as I wanted to slide it between the cladding planks to make sure it held in place, and the cladding planks didn't want me to! Thankfully, I eventually won the battle, and it is place although, as it hasn't rained since I don't know if it will work! No reason why not, but equally, I am not sure how UV tolerant the membrane is so it may be only a short-term fix.
When this was done I started splitting some of the wood we generated when we felled the large trees on our boundary to allow us to build Grange. The branches had been cut into large logs by the tree surgeon but, as we hadn't anywhere to store them properly in the dry they have been lying outside since they were felled in December 2015. The pictures on the link show just how much that area has changed in the last 3 years.
Having been outside all this time, and some of it directly on the ground, it has, unsurprisingly, started to rot. On the upside this has made splitting it easier than I had anticipated but, has also meant that it doesn't have the same heat potential as firewood as it used to. The other dilemma it as given me is … where to store it.
I am probably being super cautious, or just paranoid, but I am very reluctant to store wood which has started to rot in my wooden woodstore behind our wooden garage. While all the cladding and structural timbers are treated I really don't want to risk introducing rot or gnawing insects if I can help it. As such, and very reluctantly, we have had to extend the life of the 'temporary' woodstore where I have stored what I have split so far. We will look for a more permanent temporary solution in the spring!
If anyone has any advice or reassurance on the above I would be very interested to hear.
The other jobs we have done this week have tended to be smaller but no less important. Having cleared one of the garage bays earlier, principally so Dave's uncle and aunt could use it for their open top car when they visited us last week, it has also allowed us to protect some of our garden items over the winter. For the first time ever our large BBQ and chiminea have been put into 'storage' so will be protected for the winter and, next year when the remainder of the bays will be empty (promise!) all of the garden furniture will also be afforded better protection.
As you can also see, I have built some new shelving units. These are not a permanent feature, there at least, but this week one of the brico stores have an amazing offer on them. Again, now that the garage bay is free I can start (finally) to empty the old ramshackle manshed, put all of the items on these shelves, and when done start its demolition and rebuild. This will be a huge step forward and will be my major autumn / winter (/ spring?) project. The shelves will then be used in the finished shed – perfect!
Having put our BBQ into storage for the winter it gave us the ideal opportunity to clear our own back terrace completely. While we have been using the terrace for the last couple of years, not the first as it was an absolute state, it was still a dumping ground for a number of items that we hadn't got around to dealing with.
Unfortunately, we haven't taken a 'before' picture of the terrace but the walls were covered in ivy; there was a large self-set ash tree growing next to the building; there was a pile of large slates which the previous owner had cut from the wall; and numerous pieces of old, increasingly rotten, garden furniture that we had inherited.
The old garden furniture is now in the wood store waiting to be burned; the slate is on the slate pile for the next wall which will inevitably be built; and with our own furniture under its tarpaulin the cleared space looks HUGE. It is certainly in the best state it has ever been in – at least since we moved in and probably before!
Finally, I have planted the last of my lonicera cuttings in the new bed we have created on the back entrance. Initially, I wanted to buy some more well established plants which would have given us a greater impact immediately. However, I was persuaded to use the remaining cuttings we took in 2016. They are not in a great state as have used all the stronger ones elsewhere and these have been a little neglected in the drought this year but lonicera is a tough old plant and, most importantly, they are free! They have 2 chances, and if they die we can replace them in the spring.
I am posting this early as we have a fun engagement tonight which I will tell you about next week – with all the work that I will be up to in, what looks to be another dry week.
Sunday 23 September – Some Wall Butt more Animals
As hoped in last week's blog, I have now finished building the wall to the east side of the back entrance. We are really pleased with how it's turned out and, so far, it hasn't settled anywhere near as much as the west side did. One of the lessons I learned from building the wall opposite is that I needed to compact the soil much more to minimise the amount that it would settle, and having done so, after a couple of days rain, it hasn't collapsed in as much as previously.
The only task I have left to finish this completely is to install the light to mirror the opposite side. We were planning on giving this a couple of weeks to see what sort of settling would happen so that it would go on a more stable platform. After that it is just a case of gravelling the drive and allowing the grass to grow on the exterior side.
The second, and only other task, I completed was one that I had hoped to do for a couple of years. Since we had moved here there was a large water butt behind Granary collecting the runoff from one area of the roof. We had repositioned another butt, of the same size (500L) next to the first but had neither connected the 2 together nor moved them slightly away from the wall to prevent it soaking the back of Granary.
Granary, and our own house, doesn't (yet) have a gutter on the rear roof, so when it rains, as it has been known to here in Brittany, it cascades down the back of the building. When the water butt was positioned next to the wall the cascade of water splashed back onto the wall soaking into the slate and lime mortar. I had always wanted to both attach a gutter but, more quickly and easily, simply move the water butt away from the wall. It has taken this long to get around to doing so and to connect the second butt to the first so they fill at the same time.
Generally this would have been a very rapid job but, water being a precious commodity this summer, I didn't want to just tip away what we had managed to store so it took almost a day to use the water in the butts to revive the yew plants we have added to the boundary before I could start changing the pipes.
Now, with the 3 butts we have plumbed in to collect water off the roof of Grange, we have very nearly 3500 litres of storage – would have been great for the garden this summer!
We welcomed David's aunt and uncle back to Kergudon at the end of the week and made the most of the social side of Breton life. On Saturday we visited the annual Commana Horse Fair, and today was the Saint Cadou Cochon Grillé (Pig Roast). Unfortunately, and almost predictably, having taken ages to water the yews on Wednesday, the last couple of days have been the wettest we have had for weeks which pretty much wrote off the horse fair.
Friday, before the storm passed through, we travelled to Primel Trégastel, on the north coast, to have lunch at a restaurant recommended to Dave by a couple of people at his gym. The restaurant, La Cameline, was excellent and very traditional. For a Friday lunchtime the 4 of us made us 36% of the clientele which, although it didn't lead to rapid service, the food was very good and, with the view over the bay we would recommend it.
The horse fair on Saturday would have been excellent other than the driving rain. Commana is one of the highest villages in Brittany and very exposed so when it is the slightest bit wet and windy Commana gets it. Sadly, this meant that the market stalls were closing up just after lunch and it wasn't so pleasant to eat from the food stands. On the up-side it meant that having looked at the horses, cows and fancifully coloured ducks (which we don't remember from before) we had to go to Au Lac for lunch!
One year we will be in a position to buy some chickens and ducks for our own menagerie but not for a while.
Thankfully today's Pig Roast wasn't as badly affected as everyone could eat in the Salle des Fêtes and it was another great afternoon of Breton music and entertainment.
As I write this the weather has vastly improved and it is now a lovely evening. The forecast is good for the remainder of the week so I will be able to do a number of tasks outside. Having ordered 2 new chains for the chainsaw I hope to, eventually, start cutting the wood we have lying around but I remember saying that for the last couple of weeks …


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The Battle of London was a conflict that pitted the Inbetweeners and their allies against The Astoria partygoers, a London Tramp, and an angry man.
Background Edit
Will decides the boys need to lose their "saddo" tag and that they should go clubbing in London to kick-start this "new life." Jay and Neil both warm to the idea, but Simon is reluctant to go, stating that his dad will kill him if he drives down to London. He is later persuaded to go after Neil says he has a car and will happily drive the foursome down to the capital, as well as Carli telling him that she and her friend Rachel will also be going on the same night.
As the boys prepare for the night out, Simon is informed that he will have to drive seeing as Neil's car has no engine yet. Still excited by the prospect of going to the same club as Carli, he agrees to drive.
Battle Edit
As the Inbetweeners drive through London in Simon's Car, Jay yells "Bus Wankers!" to a bus stop. The boys laugh and Neil then asks Simon to pull over as he needs the toilet. Simon refuses and Will says how they are "late enough". Neil then begins urinating into an empty beer can, much to Simon's dismay, and he says he has it all covered. He then is unable to stop and asks for a second can, however he cuts his penis whilst pulling it out of the can. He screams and disgusts the others. The can is thrown out and the drive continues.
Later, they drive by another stop. Jay yells "bus wankers!" against Simon's plees, not realizing that there is traffic ahead. The car stops and the boys are surrounded by two tough guys from the stop. One chokes Simon, who repeatedly says sorry and looks like a wimp to the rest. Jay and Neil tease and bully him about it until they arrive at the club.
They park in an alleyway outside a Chinese restaurant, Simon is skeptical about it, until Jay and Will convince him just to go to the club. Neil then continues talking about his injury much to Simon's dismay. They eventually decide to go in, and see Carli and Rachel standing in the queue. Jay then pushes Simon, Will and Neil past the fence and into the queue by Carli and Rachel. Several people start complaining about them pushing in, and start throwing things at Will's head. One saying "Get to the back of the queue, you four-eyed prick!". Rachel then betrays and abandons Will be refusing to stand next to him. The queue moves and the inbetweeners then try to enter, but the bouncer refuses to let Simon into the club due to his trainers. Instead of going in, Will, Jay and Neil decide to get out with Simon, this proves to be fatal later. After standing around with Will complaining to him about his stupid trainers, Simon encounters a tramp in a nearby alley and asks to borrow his shoes. The Tramp, confused by Simon's request, asks for and then offers Simon a blow job ("GIZ A BLOW JOB!" / "I'LL GIVE YOU A BLOW JOB!"). Despite this, the Tramp agrees on the condition that Simon gives him £20 and his shoes ("'AND YOUR SHOES!"). Agreeing, Simon swaps his new trainers with the tramp's old and worn leather shoes that are soaked in stale and fresh urine ("AYE! THAT'LL BE MA PISS!").
They get in the queue and are let into the club, and Jay and Neil leave Simon and Will to find "proper women with 'experienced snatches'". Simon and Will then go off to find Carli and Rachel, Simon finds Carli, who is with another man called Adam. Upon meeting Simon and Adam comes across as pleasant, however he and Carli begin to notice the smell of stale urine given off by the tramp's shoes Simon was wearing to get into the club, so they move away from the toilets. Elsewhere, Neil has trouble with his cut penis, freaking one of the men in the toilets out so much he leaves to get security. Meanwhile, Will's actions get the better of him as he discovers Rachel with another man. Rachel and Dean then tell Will to go away and he leaves angrily thanking Dean for ruining his relationship, when he did it himself by not going into the club and leaving Rachel to meet Dean. Carli and Adam notice that the smell had followed them to a different part of the club, causing both himself and Carli to rightly suspect Simon as the source. Upon confessing Adam did not hesitate in calling Simon "weird" for swapping his shoes with a tramp. Meanwhile, Jay goes into the toilets and asks Neil "what's taking so fucking long?". Neil replies how it stings and that it hurts every time he pulls his trousers up. Jay tells him to take his pants off so it won't hurt, only for Neil to respond by saying "but then it will rub on my jeans". Jay tells him that, no matter what his dad tells him, he cannot walk around London whit his penis hanging out. Security arrives and drags Jay and Neil out of the club, Simon and Will then meet and discuss what went wrong with their perfect plans to pull Carli D'Amato and Rachel. They see Jay and Neil being thrown out and leave with them.
After Neil is thrown out for "masturbating" in the toilets (he was actually inspecting the cut on his penis he received earlier whilst urinating into a beer can in Simon's car), the boys decide to call it a night, but on the way back to the car, they noticed it has been clamped. Since the boys don't have any money to pay for the fine, Simon had no choice, but to call his dad to come and fix up the problem, he is approached by an Asian man, who clamped his car, and demands a £200 fine. The boys fear for their lives and jump into Simon's car, the man angrily begins shouting for his money and hitting the bonnet repeatedly. Carli, Rachel, Dean and Adam walk passed and Simon asks Carli if she still wants a lift home (instead of calling for help), to which she refuses. The man then continues shouting death threats whilst attacking the car. Simon is presumably in deep trouble after this.


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A blog for the Second Language Literacies course from the MA in Learning and Teaching Processes in Second Languages (ML2) at UPB-Medellín
On critical literacies.
Through decades and centuries, Literacies have currently turned to be a matter of controversy for the whole world in terms of education. Such controversy has been divided into two aspects: its definition and its role in education. In the past, the definition of literacy was very basic and simplistic because it used to confine itself to mere skill or capability of reading and writing texts on paper. There was no context, and importance to the social environment surrounding literacy was not given as it is today. On the other side, literacy had always been regarded by education as a means of control over society, Freire (1984:76). That means that education had used in its very early beginnings literacy to teach man how to get guided through its own rulings; and to follow its own patterns of control and profess them. Yet this manipulation and control has not changed much, the concept of literacy certainly has.
It was Pablo Freire (1970), a renowned pedagogue in Brazil, who first introduced to the world the preconception of literacy and who inspired many others along history to make this powerful concept become a tool to release society instead of putting control upon them. Freire's main ideas involved critical pedagogy, which in few words is a special kind of pedagogy with a main objective to make society critically reflect about their behaviors, values and ethics to be able to learn consciously. His reasoning always emphasized the connection that the learning process itself had to have with the real life need of society; rather than being just a fake simulation of the world in the classroom. He went far beyond to argue that the classroom place was a limitative factor to education itself, and therefore, the learning and teaching processes should be carried out everywhere and under every situation in life. So powerful were his ideologies about critical pedagogy that many teachers and education researchers throughout the globe decided to follow his thoughts and education model as it is themselves'. However, his major contribution was, to my opinion, made in the field of literacy. Many others continued his ideas to create and develop the macro-concept of critical literacy as an evolution of the very first definition literacy used to have. In this document I will revise some of those Author's thoughts on critical literacy and I will also reflect on their influence on my own teaching practices as a nowadays' modern languages educator at my institution and the use of textbooks at my workplace.
It was Giroux, one of the most important educational thinkers according with Routledge, who got inspired in Freire's work about critical pedagogy and continued his work talking about the so-called public pedagogy. In this type of pedagogy he argued that there was a need for society to understand and to be critical about the world and the parameters under which they are judged and to take action in terms improving their own learning processes. He based on critical literacy by proposing that the contents seen in class, such as textbooks, magazines, journals, books, or other types of written texts, should have a lot do the learners' immediate needs and main concerns about their learning process and not about the entire world's main concerns. In other words he meant that there was a huge need for society to learn more about themselves first than learning about the world itself, in terms of culture, politics, and other aspects of human life like their social skills. He also stated that education should be public in terms of the freedom to the boundaries it can have while it is been imparted in a classroom. He said that public pedagogy should be exerted regardless of the place, namely, every place in which an education act could be carried through; even in the streets. In my opinion, I did not know before I read him, that many ideas of his were being implemented in my practices.
At my workplace, my bosses make me work with textbooks all the time and sometimes they force me to achieve certain goals based on the standardized objectives the book has regarding with one group's level and topics. However, I have always liked to adapt books rather than adopting them as my bible for my teaching practices. To me, following an entire book "al pie de la letra" is forgetting the freedom that you have as teacher to guide the learning process of your students in the best way possible. Even when nowadays books are very up-to-date in terms of student's likes and dislikes and fashions and contemporary contents, there is always going to be something missing that you as teacher would want the textbook to have according with your exact teaching need. When I work with the textbook, I always observe the content and try to extract what is useful for my class and try to ignore what I consider that does not match my topic expectation. One of the many concerns of some of us as teachers would be that it is sometimes impossible to modify the already printed book-pages. It would be not only time consuming, but also if you are not very creative or an art expert, it would be very ugly and very little attractive. I have had the chance to work with technology since my career as a teacher started five years ago, and this has greatly influenced the way in which I adapt my educational materials into my teaching management system. I love to use some special smartphone and laptop applications that let me modify and cut effectively pieces of materials that I find in the textbooks and beautifully join them to some other materials and images that I carefully find online. Copyright can be an issue to this technique I implement; nevertheless I only do this with educational purposes with no intent to distribute them any farther than in my classes. This process allows me to create in a way some authentic materials out of the not so contextualized textbooks and media that I found online, and my students manage to connect more to this materials that can also be shared to them online, so they can leave paper behind and study the materials more freely and everywhere, exactly as Giroux would talk in public pedagogy's ideas.
Christensen (1994) supported and followed also many ideas about critical literacy in her work "Rethinking our classrooms". In her paper, she strongly criticized the always told fairytales and the myths that some teachers through the world tend to use to educate the children. Some of her main reasons to do so, were arguments that were based on the idea that this texts lack completely in context and they have by far nothing to do with the reality that society really needs to be told even when the target alumni are children. She also raised that these text created fake illusions in children and that these can be harmful for them because they, instead of preparing children to live adulthood in an appropriate way, manage to help children imagine fake scenarios that will surely never happen in their lives as future adults. I completely disagree with her in many ways.
First, I have to say that many of her points were very reasonable and strong, but I guess that in my opinion she missed the point of the real use of these myths and fairytales and their importance to critical literacy nowadays. It is true to me that these types of childish literature disconnect from reality our children and students, but instead of creating a counterproductive effect, these tales help them develop creativity and they are really critical for future adults to have a set of values appropriately developed. I think so because all these stories have always a moral, that being told through a beautiful or entertaining plot, manage to teach children strong moral values that can be hardly learned in not so amicable situations like real life. Besides, it is clearly evident to see the difference between a child that has not had that education guided by this early critical literacy approach based on tales like those, and a child that has never had them. In my teaching practices, I try to select the readings for my students try to care for the content those readings have, in order to be able to empower my students and to develop critical thinking in them upon society. I prefer for my tertiary students at SENA topics like abortion debate, unemployment, euthanasia, or even other topics that I feel that they are going to strongly connect with them and with their judgments to society, instead of using texts and readings that do not connect with them and that are far from their realities as Colombian citizens and individuals.
In conclusion there have been my ways in which critical literacies have influenced my teaching practices and I have to say that even when I ignored them in the past as something present in my praxis, I have subconsciously reflected upon them in terms of the applicability of the textbooks and materials that I have used and implemented in my classes and that we as teachers are the ones who are in the will of choosing whether to change the history of literacy into a more vivid and applicable subject than just something that is improbable and unlikely to happen in real life.
Freire, Paulo (2000). Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Continuum, p. 9.
Christensen, Linda (1994) Unlearning the myths that bind us: Critiquing fairytales and films. Rethinking schools Ltd. Pg.1
Giroux, Henri. 2004. "Cultural Studies, Public Pedagogy, and the Responsibility of Intellectuals" Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, March 2004, pp. 59–79.


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Romania fully supports Macedonia's invitation into NATO
President Klaus Iohannis stated on Wednesday that the North-Atlantic Alliance should advance with regard to the "open doors" policy, showing that Romania upholds the decision to invite Macedonia in NATO. "We should advance with 'the open doors' policy. Romania fully supports the decision to send out an accession invitation to Northern Macedonia," the head of state told the meeting of North Atlantic Council at the Level of Heads of State and Government taking place in Brussels.
He underscored that NATO member states should provide a stronger defence and deterrence, specifying that the efficacy and coherence of an advanced presence are still in progress.
"We must have the right forces, with the right training and intervention capacity, with the right command structure and the appropriate capacities to efficiently operate as a true deterrence factor. We need a unified approach and planning for the defence of the entire eastern Flank. We must fully implement the correct posture in the region along all directions - land, water and air," the head of state said.
He pointed out that Romania has volunteered to host a command and control multinational capacity to support NATO's advanced presence.
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The President reiterated that assigning tasks is essential in NATO's deterrence efforts. The head of state reminded that ever since 2017 Romania has allocated 2 percent of its GDP to Defence.
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David Curtis Responds to Ron--Ron Responds to David
Period described
The early church, to AD 100
The church under pagan persecution, to 313
Paganism enters the church, to 500s
Papal supremacy of Dark Ages, to mid 1500s
Protestant reformation and fossilization, to late 1700s
Awakening, Bible printed and studied, to mid 1800s
The end-time church, content but sinful,
To the angel of the church . . . write
Description of Christ
Holds 7 stars, walks among 7 lampstands
First and Last, Died and came to life
The One with two-edged sword
Eyes of fire, feet like brass; searches minds
Holds 7 spirits and 7 stars
Holy, true, holds keys, opens and shuts
Amen, true witness, Beginning of creation
What Christ knows
Works, labor patience
Works, trials, poverty; blasphemy of false Jews
Works, living where Satan's throne is
More works, love, service, faith, patience
Works, (and see "What you have")
Works: neither cold nor hot
Tested false prophets, perseverance
Rich in spite of poverty
Held to My name & faith even in time of martyr
Have a few names undefiled
Kept command to persevere
Left first love
Ones with doctrine of Balaam
Jezebel with immorality permitted
Works imperfect
Lukewarm, wretched, blind, naked
Remember, repent, do first works
Do not fear suffering
Hold fast till I come
Watch, strengthen remainder
Hold fast, preserve crown
Buy gold, clothes, eye ointment
Lampstand will be removed
Will fight with sword of mouth
Jezebel into sickbed, children killed
I will come as thief if you do not watch
I will spit you out; rebuke and punishment
What you have
My hatred for Nicolaitans
Tribulation coming
Also have ones with Nicolaitans doctrine
Rest do not have false doctrine, not Satanic depths
A name as alive, but dead (and see above)
A little strength, My word and name
Not what you think you have
Reward for overcomers
Eat from tree of life
Not hurt by second death
Hidden manna, white stone
Power over nations; morning star
Clothed in white, name in book, confessed
Made pillar, inscribed with new name
Sit on my throne
Other promises
Eternal life to ones faithful to death
Rest are given no other burden
Undefiled ones will walk in white
Submission of false Jews; Kept from hour of trial
Eat with those who open door
Listen to what the Spirit says to the churches
Ron responds: We must differentiate between visible organized church militants and the true "invisible" church of faithful who are dwelling with tares and thus we cannot now distinguish (visualize) the true from the false, because where we see rich fields of wheat, it may be nothing more than dross, tares. The seven churches I refer to are all inclusive of every formally organized church militant who have wheat and tares intermingled. The remnant will leave these churches, Isaiah 37:31, 32. Are Isaiah's writings pertinent to us today? I will let Ellen White and Scripture answer that question:1Cr 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
"The Bible Prophets Wrote for Our Time.--Never are we absent from the mind of God. God is our joy and our salvation. Each of the ancient prophets spoke less for their own time than for ours, so that their prophesying is in force for us. 'Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come' (! Cor. 10:11). 'Not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into' (1 Peter 1:12).'" E.G. White, Selected Messages, vol. 3, p. 338.
So David, I do not believe I was remiss in concluding that Isaiah 37:31, 32 applies to us. Another critical proof that this is the case is Ellen White's statement in The Great Controversy, p. 25, that the destruction of Jerusalem was a PREFIGURE. That destruction was a manifestation of Ezekiel 9. She then says that Ezekiel 9 is literally fulfilled again 'BEGINNING AT HIS SANCTUARY--THE HOUSE OF JACOB, Testimonies, Vol. 5, 211.
Mind the CONTEXT of the following statement:
"Study the 9th chapter of Ezekiel. These words will be literally fulfilled; yet the time is passing, and the people are asleep. They refuse to humble their souls and to be converted. Not a great while longer will the Lord bear with the people who have such great and important truths revealed to them, but who refuse to bring these truths into their individual experience. The time is short. God is calling; will YOU hear? Will YOU receive His message? Will YOU be converted before it is too late? Soon, very soon, every case will be decided for eternity. Letter 106, 1909, pp. 2, 3, 5, 7. (To "The churches in Oakland and Berkeley, September 26, 1909.)" E. G. White Manuscript Releases Volume One, p. 260.
SDA's who are misinterpreting Ellen White's statements on Babylon to mean that the church could never become a part of it, a daughter, had better take the above statement very seriously, because any literal fulfillment of Ezekiel 9 would mean similar destruction as took place in the PREFIGURE TYPE of A.D. 70. Ellen White is speaking UNCONDITIONALLY to SDA's. She says Ezekiel 9 WILL BE literally fulfilled. The only valid counterpart to the Jews, God's "chosen" people, are SDA's who make the same claim.
COUNTERPART: "The Lord commanded one of his ancient servants, 'Pray not thou for this people [Jer. 7:16 and 11:14], neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; neither make intercession to me; for I will not hear thee.' The prophet thus describes the sins which had called forth this fearful denunciation: 'The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so; and what will ye do in the end thereof?' 'From the least of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely. They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.' The apostles declare that the state of things will find its COUNTERPART in the last days. Many have a form of godliness, but in their daily life deny the power thereof. They have ceased to be convicted of their sins or alarmed at their state. They say in their hearts, 'The church is flourishing. Peace and spiritual prosperity are within her borders.' The words of the prophet may well apply to these self-deceivers, 'They have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them." E. G. White, Second Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, 11-07-82.
COUNTERPART: "In the time of the Saviour, the Jews had so covered over the precious jewels of truth with the rubbish of tradition and fable, that it was impossible to distinguish the true from the false. The Saviour came to clear away the rubbish of superstition and long-cherished errors, and to set the jewels of God's word in the framework of truth. What would the Saviour do if he should come to us now as he did to the Jews? He would have to do a similar work in clearing away the rubbish of tradition and ceremony. The Jews were greatly disturbed when he did this work [As are SDAs today!]. They had lost sight of the original truth of God, but Christ brought it again to view. It is our work to free the precious truths of God from superstition and error." E.G. White, Review and Herald, Vol. 2, 308.
There is a modern COUNTERPART to the ancient apostate "chosen people" of God. That modern COUNTERPART is the people who claim to be the modern "chosen people" of God, the remnant, if you will.
There are over 100 statements to the affect that SDAs are repeating the history of ancient Israel. Here are just a few of them:
"I have been shown that the spirit of the world is fast leavening the church. You are following the same path as did ancient Israel. There is the same falling away from your holy calling as God's peculiar people. You are having fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. Your [ecumenical] concord with unbelievers have provoked he Lord's displeasure. You know not the things that belong to your peace, and they are fast being hid from your eyes. [The very words applied to fallen Israel on page 17 of The Great Controversy] Your neglect to follow the light will place you in a more unfavorable position than the Jews upon whom Christ pronounced a woe." Testimonies, vol. 5, pp. 75-76.
"Like ancient Israel, the church has dishonored her God by departing from the light, neglecting her duties, and abusing her high and exalted privilege of being peculiar and holy in character. Her members have violated their covenant to live for God and him only. They have joined with the selfish and world-loving. Pride, the love of pleasure, and sin have been cherished, and CHRIST HAS DEPARTED. His Spirit has been quenched in the church. Satan works wide by side with professed Christians; yet they are so destitute of spiritual discernment that they do not detect him." E.G. White, Testimonies,vol. 2, pp. 441-442.
"Among the professed followers of Christ, there is the same pride, formalism, vainglory, selfishness, and OPPRESSION, that existed in the Jewish nation." E.G. White, Sketches from the Life of Paul, 251-252.
"God's professed people are selfish and self-caring....They are idolaters, and are worse, in the sight of God, than the heathen, graven-image worshippers who have had no knowledge of a better way." Testimonies, vol. 2, 441-442.
Am I remiss in observing (reasoning) that worse than heathen, graven-image worshippers, means worse than Babylon? Especially after knowing the truth and a knowledge of a better way! If I am how and why? and if I am I apologize. By the above statement it is flattery, presumption, and patronization error to refer to the apostate SDA church as Babylon! No, let it not be said by anyone that Ron Beaulieu believes the church is Babylon! I concur with Ellen White that God's professed people are worse than Babylonian heathen graven image idol worshippers! Worse than Catholics! Worse than the great Whore! Why? Because they had the light of truth and have willfully united with the great whore in business partnership! Ellen White said we are never to unite with unbelievers in business partnership, let alone the great Whore of Babylon!
"Now it is just EXACTLY as in the days of the Jews. When a message came in, why all the power of the leaders [such some leaders on this forum] WAS PUT AGAINST IT, THAT IT SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE PEOPLE. Now, brethren, GO TO GOD FOR YOURSELVES, and on your knees plead with God...If God sends us light, let it come to us, and let no man close the door, or try to close it. Don't close it yourselves. Open the door of your heart and let the brilliant rays of light shine into your heart and into your mind. I pray you, let the Sun of Righteousness in." E.G. White, Manuscript Release #900, Manuscript 9, 1890. 1888 Materials, p. 541.
Dear Brother, On the basis of scripture I am not able to give you a defined Thus saith the Lord stating the 7 women are so and so. You may be willing to do so as is your right, but on this point the Spirit of Prophecy is silent, and the scriptures are unclear. The Bible gives no other place leaving no other grounds to interpret the 7 women of Isaiah 4. Can you define these verses confidently to be directed in anyway to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, not on the basis of private interpretation that may conveniently fit your views, but rather on sound Biblical interpretation? Impossible!
Ron responds: Obviously, Scripture, Ellen White and the SDA Bible Commentary are not silent on women and their symbolism in Scripture. Even more importantly David, you totally ignore the CONTEXT of Isaiah 4:1-4. The context involves the Lord washing away the filth of the DAUGHTERS OF ZION. Zion is the Mother and the daughters of Zion are the ten virgins. Mother Zion is married, Isaiah 62:1-5, and she is instructed to say something to her daughter in verse 11. In Christ's Object Lessons, 405-6, the bride, Zion, awakens the ten-virgins. This is a distinguishing feature between the bride and the 10 virgins whom she (the bride) awakens. So Isaiah 4:1-4, IN CONTEXT, is speaking of the daughters of Zion and those daughters are all the formally organized churches. This is too plain to misinterpret.
You made reference to Isaiah 37: 31:32, Sister White wrote about these verses only once and that statement is found in both Prophets and Kings and in Review and Herald. The only context she gives to these verses is applying to ancient Israel. She did not endorse these verses in anyway to have a present message to the Seventh-day Adventist church as you have described.
Ron responds: As stated earlier, Ellen White said that the ancient prophets wrote more for us unto the ends of the world is come:1Cr 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
"The Bible Prophets Wrote for Our Time.--Never are we absent from the mind of God. God is our joy and our salvation. Each of the ancient prophets spoke less for their own time than for ours, so that their prophesying is in force for us. 'Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come' (! Cor. 10:11). 'Not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into' (1 Peter 1:12).'" E.G. White, Selected Messages, vol. 3, p. 338.
"And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of Mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this. {RH, June 3, 1915 par. 4}
Ron responds: In A.D. 70, a remnant escaped the house of Judah. Ellen White says in The Great Controversy, p. 25, that even was a PREFIGURE. So, again, in the ANTITYPICAL fulfillment of Ezekiel 9, a remnant will escape the counterpart of the house of Judah--professing, nominal, Seventh-day Adventism. The tares will be gathered into the midst of Jerusalem, Ezekiel 22:17-31, just as in the case of the PREFIGURE destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70.
"Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria. He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord. For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake." Verses 29-34. {RH, June 3, 1915 par. 5}
That very night deliverance came. "The angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand." Verse 35. "All the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria" were slain. 2 Chron. 32:21. {RH, June 3, 1915 par. 6}
Tidings of this terrible judgment upon the army that had been sent to take Jerusalem, soon reached Sennacherib, who was still guarding the approach to Judea from Egypt. Stricken with fear, the Assyrian king hasted to depart, and "returned with shame of face to his own land." Verse 21. But he had not long to reign. In harmony with the prophecy that had been uttered concerning his sudden end, he was assassinated by those of his own home, "and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead." Isa. 37:38. {RH, June 3, 1915 par. 7}
Ron responds: My purpose in using Isaiah 37:31, 32, was in conjunction with Isaiah 4:1-4. In verse 4, the filth of the daughters of Zion is washed away. Verse three deals with those who are left in Zion. Zion is the heavenly church, Hebrews 12:22, 23. Therefore, the filth (tares--dross) is washed away from Zion, the church triumphant, but the bride goes forth out of an apostate church militant Jerusalem first, just as in A.D. 70, but beginning in A.D. 27, Desire of Ages, 232. She the church triumphant bride, is taken into wilderness outposts, Ezekiel 20:34-38, and there she gives the loud cry, calling all out of Babylon, and all who will not respond to her message are shaken out of Zion, the heavenly church of Heb. 12. This is the only case wherein the bad are shaken out of the good, and this is after the good are shaken out of the bad church militants. I use Isaiah 37:31, 32 with figurative license, reapplying what happened to the Jews, to SDA's and all churches--all seven women--formally organized churches or daughters of Zion. The figurative application is true to the application Isaiah made in Isaiah 4:1-4 and continuing to Isaiah 37:31, 32.
Omega Web page says,
I TOLD HER [MRS. LIDA SCOTT] HOW MOTHER REGARDED THE EXPERIENCE OF THE REMNANT CHURCH, AND OF HER POSITIVE TEACHING THAT GOD WOULD NOT PERMIT THIS DENOMINATION TO SO FULLY APOSTATIZE THAT THERE WOULD BE THE COMING OUT OF ANOTHER CHURCH.--W. C. White to E. E. Andross, May 23, 1915.
If Willie White and/or Ellen White is guilty of the above sentiments as stated by Willie, they both would contradict Ezekiel 5:1-3, in which a remnant escape and then the remaining three thirds is destroyed. They would violate Isaiah 37:31, 31. They would make Ellen White contradict herself when she said that Ezekiel 9 would be literally repeated "beginning at His Sanctuary, the House of Jacob," Testimonies, Vol. 5, 211.
Ron responds: David, in light of Ellen White's statement that Ezekiel 9 is literally fulfilled again and her statement that A.D. 70 was a PREFIGURE of another fulfillment which would "begin at His sanctuary"....those who had been priviledged with great light," Testimonies, Vol. 5, 211, Isaiah 37:31, 32 is appropos and may be re-applied to the experience of Seventh-day Adventists, especially when observed in light of Isaiah 4:1-4, which I elaborated on earlier in this reply.
In light of your misconceptions concerning the number seven and Ellen White's and Scripture's re-application of the ancient prophets to our time etc., etc., is it possible that you have not stayed up late enough looking at these verses in Ezekiel and Isaiah and their CONTEXT, CONTEXT, CONTEXT. For example, Isaiah 4:1-4 is speaking of the daughters of Zion, the churches. For another example, Ezekiel 5:9, speaks of the worst thing God ever did or will ever again do. Did that occur in A.D. 70 or at any other time in history except at the end-time as depicted in Matthew 24:21? I say what I have said kindness with no malice whatsoever. Truth is its own defense if all the facts are known.
Ron Beaulieu


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The World Club is a club in the Arceusrules98's Trilogy and was started by Mike per Karla's request, and both as well as Merry are the first members. Soon, also the other Apprentice Gods joined the club to try figure out who is sending the mysterious messages, and who is messing with their worlds. In the Cross-over, the World Club and the Scandinavian Alliance fuse into the Light Beta.
Later, in My Classmate is a God, Vivianne creates a forum, and together with Tobias they heavily protect it as to prevent hacking so that Dark Alpha wouldn't get in and find their information. You can see the forum from the inside, but with an account you wouldn't be able to see it from the inside. Tobias installed more pre-measures in case Dark Alpha would make an account. Karin found the forum and Ritsuko told her about the situation. Karin dissapeared sometime after the Second Book.
Merry, 12 years old, 7th Grade
Mike, 12 years old, 7th Grade
Karla, 12 years old, 7th Grade
Hannes, 12 years old, 7th Grade
Robin, 13 years old, 8th Grade
Tobias, 13 years old, 8th Grade
Deb, 13 years old, 8th Grade
Vivianne, 14 years old, 9th Grade
Rose, 14 years old, 9th Grade
Karin, 15 years old, 9th Grade
Ritsuko, Middle-age