Happy Easter everyone! I’m soooo far behind on projects – other than trying desperately to finish the thesis from hell (Das Elefant) so I’ve yet to post a “proper” Pascha message, or the not quite finished updated version of the Indie Voices web pages, or any of the interviews I conducted just before lent . . . sigh. Most of my energy has been expended on Das Elefant because I’m determined to finish the damn thing soon. I’m almost there, just a little bit further, I can almost feel that final draft in my hand . . . . aaaargh!

Needless to say we’ve been celebrating here at GCHQ and hope you have been too. We’ve decided to leave the WFP logo and link up for a while longer – as many of you are aware the international food crisis is in full swing. I read in this weekend’s paper that if you give up meat one day a week you’ll make a substantial positive impact on your so called carbon footprint. What is more – cattle take up something like 3 times the amount of grain to produce 1kg of meat as something like chicken. Imagine how many people that grain could feed.

I’ve got a stack of ideas for posts sitting on my desk – a few inspired by the recent musings of Fr. Tessone, others by my mulling over ideas surrounding myth and imagery. Hopefully some of those will take shape, and find their way here for you to join in the conversation soon.

In the meantime – I beg your patience as I’m distracted of late. Anyone wanting to chat about the late antique emergence of Marian cult & devotion is welcome.