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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I don't wish to brag about it but it's currently raining in Scotland.

Wet grass and wet pavement. It's raining!

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I found the source. It was indeed the 1996 publication.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I hope you can stay safe and cool (cooler than you already are) over the next few days and weeks. I'm just built like a polar bear and I melt above 10°C. It is only 20°C here in my wee corner of Scotland and I am already far too hot.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I've only ever taken the readings from the Calendar and Lectionary booklets, so I suspect we both got it from there. Or at least 70 of us have all copied it down wrongly from somewhere.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Thanks Kelvin. Well spotted. I've now fixed it in the calendar, on the website and in my master spreadsheet which was also wrong. Which suggests that it has been wrong for the last 20 years or so. I wonder if the error was in a previous Calendar and Lectionary publication.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

In celebration of the Scotland 1-0 win over Haiti in their first World Cup 2026 match, I present this AI-generated fabulously kitsch song of blissful silliness, “One Nil to the Tartan Dream”. Enjoy! soundcloud.com/garethjms/on... #scotland #worldcup #worldcup2026

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One nil to the tartan dream

One nil to the tartan dream Verse 1 In Boston town the pipes rang loud, Beneath the stars and stripes, The Tartan Army marched as one With shortbread crumbs and pipes. From every bar on every street,

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I finished writing a book today. I'm really proud of it. And myself. It's about using the sense-making framework Cynefin with Scrum.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Thanks Kevin. Back pain is less fierce today. Phew!

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Oh bless you. I hope your knee heals quickly. Nerve pain isn't fun. I hope you get some relief soon too.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I had plans for yesterday. Sadly, I woke up with intense back pain. I could barely walk all day. Needed to use a stick to hobble around. Painkillers made me feel sick. I hope tomorrow is better.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

For the last 22 years I've created a digital version of the Scottish Episcopal Church calendar and lectionary. The 2025-2026 version went live today. #pisky www.seccalendar.org.uk

seccalendar.org.uk

SEC digital calendar

Scottish Episcopal Church digital calendar and lectionary in a digital format for importing into Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, etc

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Fraser MacDonald @frasermacdonald.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

I’ve just made the mistake of flicking through the House of Bruar catalogue while suffering a Covid fever. What in the name of Atholl is going on?👇

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

God bless the NHS. Child #2 broke his arm and dislocated his knee this afternoon. He's had two x-rays, arm in plaster, in hospital tonight. Hopefully surgery tomorrow. Bless him. His birthday is this week.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

It's been a rough few days. But antibiotics are kicking in to treat an 80-plus-day chest infection and I hope tonight's diazepam and codeine will help my aching two herniated discs.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I believe the narrowest city is Thincinnatti.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

A good start to the NFL season for the #SF49ers. But sorry to see tight end George Kittle 85 go off with an injury. And some sloppy play in places (I'm looking at you Jake Moody).

San Francisco 49ers defender Nick Bosa at the end of the game against the Seattle Seahawks.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Has this kit been inspired by Mars bars? # "A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play (American football for the San Francisco 49ers)."

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Up early to take sons one and two to an army cadets drill competition.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Twenty-five years ago today, I celebrated my first Eucharist as a priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church. #pisky

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Thesaurus alternatives for 'list' includes account, agenda, archive, ballot, bill, calendar, catalog, checklist, dictionary, directory, draft, file, index, inventory, lineup, listing, manifest, menu, poll, program, record, register, roll, schedule, series, table, tabulation, tally, ticket, timetable

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I've been playing a lot of Mastodon this evening, especially Cold Dark Place. Rest in peace Brent Hinds.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Exhausting day. Kidney pain was 7/10 at the start of the day, but has almost gone now. Phew! Heat made it worse. I feel grateful and thankful for my children and my friends. X

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Well, somehow I have managed to burst a cyst in my right kidney. The pain is quite extraordinary. It's a sharp pain that feels like how I imagine it would be to be stabbed in the kidney. The kind of pain that takes your breath away. I feel like I am going to pass out. Nausea, dizziness, pain.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

This evening, I ported a Chrome extension that I'd written to Firefox. The add-on provides extra functionality to the content management system we use at work. It feels good to solve practical problems for colleagues.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Today I broke all ties with an ex girlfriend. I didn't come to this decision lightly. But I did come to it with a clearer view of my boundaries than I've seen in a long time. And the peace it has already brought me is remarkable. I didn't realise just how stressed I've been for years and years.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

I got up at 06:00 this morning. My body felt exhausted and nauseated but my mind was running at 100mph. Got a bunch of stuff done. Snoozed throughout the day. Listened to an amazing new doom metal album. Watched some cricket. Threw up after dinner and felt a whole lot better. Tomorrow is a new day.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Furthest I've been: North: John O'Groats, Scotland East: Singapore West: Honolulu, Hawaii South: Dunedin, NZ

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

First bike ride in a month thanks to a lurking chest infection. Got out of the house, down the road, grey clouds loomed overhead, the wind picked up and the rain fell. It was exhausting but fantastic. Lay on my bed and listened to the cricket.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Oh, that is 100% not the lesson. I often say that you need to let out the bad jokes to make space for the good ones.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I remember a psychologist saying that what people say about you says more about them than it does about you. This is an example. I read what you said and immediately thought: but cricket is just about perfect! Or something. I haven't slept for two nights.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Ah! I read it as: do the same exercise but with cricket. I understand now.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Here we are on the Feast of the Transfiguration, the fifth anniversary of my mum's death. Her deathday, if you will. It's been a tough day.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

A tricky and exhausting day today, the day between my late mum's birthday yesterday and, for want of a better word, deathday tomorrow. But two of my children are here, so my heart is full. (Also managed to drop my phone today and crack the screen protector.)

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

I'm not sure that cricket needs to be fixed. It's fabulous as it is. 🏏❤️

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Productive morning working on a friend's website. Snooze over lunchtime, listening to the test match. Then a quick jaunt up to Perth with son #3 to collect son #2 from an army cadets event. Son #3 is now here overnight. Hurrah! An evening of laughter.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

I can now see that my last few relationships really have been devastating for my mental (and physical) health, to put it lightly. The healing has begun. One step at a time.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Standing at my front door, knowing that I desperately want to go out for a walk but also feeling a deep fear. Not entirely sure where that is coming from. But I am going out anyway. Walk through the fear.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

That photo is definitely not outside St Giles Cathedral, that's St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

That's been a long, tough week. I've worked more than an extra day in terms of hours during the past week. But I got the work done. Tomorrow is a new day. Time to move my body again and gently reclaim myself. The body holds the score... time to let go of some of it.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Sitting in the near dark listening to Godflesh - New Flesh in Dub Vol. 1. A fine way to spend the last few hours of a damp Thursday.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

A fabulously productive day at work today (if about 1.5 hours too long). Each day I am feeling my nervous system relax more. When the emotions come to the surface, I allow myself to feel them and let them go. I am feeling thankful.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Trauma keeps you stuck in fight or flight. I need to gently remind my body that it's safe. Tomorrow I want to cycle for the first time in a while. Cycle until my mind slows down and catches up with me, cycle until I feel the safety again, remind my body what it can do. I have a growing urge to move.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I had meant to go for a cycle this evening and then do some web work. But I went for a snooze, watched some rugby (Maori All Blacks v Scotland) on YouTube and baked some flapjack for the first time.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Over the years, so many social media platforms that have come and gone (or come, been bought and ruined 🐦), I still think of the friends I met on those early platforms and wonder how they are doing now.

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Gareth J M Saunders @garethjms.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Last week I used the word 'overmorrow' with my 14-year-old son. He understood.

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