This is actually Version 4 of my blog.
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There are some series of posts that go together. You can access them directly with the links below.
On Thursday, 5 November, Cambria Chapter No. 605 held its annual Enthronement meeting, drawing an attendance of more than thirty members and visitors for what proved to be a memorable and distinguished occasion. The principal purpose of the evening...
There are some events that become etched into the memory of a nation, even for those not yet born when they happened. The Aberfan disaster is one of those moments. Sixty years on, the name Aberfan still carries a weight that speaks far beyond a...
After extensive testing on Britain's crater-filled road network, Tesla has reportedly abandoned suspension upgrades altogether and gone straight for an actual flying car. A Tesla spokesperson is rumoured to have said, "After hitting three...
This evening, Valle Crucis Chapter held its first meeting under its new October meeting date, marking the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the Chapter. To celebrate the occasion, the brethren elected to confer a Double Perfection,...
This evening I went into the chair of Zerubbabel in Wrexhamian Chapter, ten years after first taking that same chair in my mother Chapter. There is a quiet poetry in that. A full decade turning like a great wheel, and once again I find myself in...
It would appear that word has escaped. A Lodge from a land far, far away (mid Wales), and judging by some of the administrative timelines involved perhaps a long time ago as well, recently contacted the Province of North Wales with a rather...
In the early hours of 22 September 1934, the earth shook, the lamps went out, and 266 men and boys were lost in the darkness beneath our feet. Fathers, sons, brothers, friends. Whole families changed in a single night. The pit wheel stopped...
This evening brought the meeting of St Deiniol’s Chapter, and what a gathering it turned out to be. The room was full to the brim with thirty eight in attendance, a number that speaks volumes about the quality of their meetings. In a time when many...
This evening was the Bishop Wilkins College SRIA meeting. We had a full evening planned, including electing our next Celebrant, a double Grade II° ceremony, and our current Celebrant was going to finally give his paper from going into the chair....
Did you observe the two minute silence at the ninth hour on the ninth day of the ninth month? I did. I stopped, I stood, and I let the quiet do its work. Because today is 999 Day, a day that deserves far more attention, reverence, and gratitude...