Julian Summerhayes
@juliansummerhayes.bsky.social
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Spiritual activist
https://juliansummerhayes.wordpress.com/
https://juliansummerhayes.substack.com/
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What else?
If we didn’t have to earn a living, what then would we do with our lives? For the record, this is no idle reflection; it’s something that consumes a great deal of my time. I constantly …
https://juliansummerhayes.wordpress.com/2026/04/06/what-else/
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Grown old
I feel my age: It’s in my bones;It’s in my gait;It’s in my speech. I bow to it and have no intention of wrestling the Devil who behoves us to stay young (I have a particular thing…
https://juliansummerhayes.wordpress.com/2026/04/05/grown-old/
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I start a prayer retreat in October at Buckfast Abbey; it can't come soon enough
www.buckfast.org.uk/retreats/
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Retreats – Buckfast Abbey
https://www.buckfast.org.uk/retreats/
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Today's blog
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A sudden seeing
Once again, I start my post with a poem. Today’s poem is by Christopher Marlowe, born 1564, died 1593, and is entitled “A Passionate Shepherd to His Love”. I am reading it from a …
https://juliansummerhayes.wordpress.com/2026/04/04/a-sudden-seeing/
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I wonder how many people who receive or give an easter egg will step inside a church to worship?
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Lucian Freud Buttercups (1968) Oil on canvas 61 x 61 cm
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Today's blog
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A betrayal of the soul
I start today’s post with a poem by W.B. Yeats, “The Circus Animals’ Desertion”. I admit it. The title is a little out there. But it’s true, or at least it’s tru…
https://juliansummerhayes.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/a-betrayal-of-the-soul/
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Is it too extreme (or truthful) to say we don't give a shit about the earth (and all sentient life) as long as we continue to grow our economies and provide a good standard of living for all 8.3 billion people? Of course, some people do but not enough to matter -- not now, not ever.
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Here now
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The Edge of the Sacred - Orion Magazine
Can modern material translate ancient ways?
https://orionmagazine.org/article/edge-of-sacred-dine-native-culture/
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Today's blog
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A company’s purpose
I’m going off piste in today’s post. The rubric or rather the notion of “purpose” used to be all the rage alongside EDI and well-being, both of which seem to have taken a ba…
https://juliansummerhayes.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/a-companys-purpose/
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I wish more people knew John Moriarty's work.
6 days ago
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“God doesn't need to come down upon a mountain, for the mountain itself is the revelation. We only have to look at it and we will know how we should live.” ― John Moriarty
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I'm back. No fanfare. Today's blog post:
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The (re)making of humans
Please note: This is not my “story” that I mentioned a few days back but a teaser of what it might look like. As always, I reserve my position to change the arc of the narrative or aban…
https://juliansummerhayes.wordpress.com/2026/03/31/the-remaking-of-humans/
7 days ago
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Today's blog which will be the last I'll share on Bluesky before I go into hibernation from all social media
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A settled place
“In a word, live together in the forgiveness of your sins, for without it no human fellowship, least of all a marriage, can survive. Don’t insist on your rights, don’t blame each other, don’t judge…
https://juliansummerhayes.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/a-settled-place/
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Some of the best words Buk ever spoke
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Charles Bukowski on dying and how to write
YouTube video by Lee Wanner
https://youtu.be/MTPxWkBgW6U?si=0RRpUKHcPZvUfkWq
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What is a [female] Master Executive Coach? And no, I'm not asking for a friend. I'm curious how you go from a humble White Belt to a Black Belt -- hours, bragging rights or something self-appointed? (PS. Another LinkedIn profile that baffles me. I really should know better!)
12 days ago
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Am I the only one to think that anyone still offering leadership training has sort of missed the boat? I don't know what sort of training is required for our erstwhile leaders, but humility, listening and kindness wouldn't go amiss.
13 days ago
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13 days ago
Dwelling, Ordsall Lane, Salford
https://www.wikiart.org/en/l-s-lowry/dwelling-ordsall-lane-salford-1927
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I am just back from my afternoon walk with Eddie and Alfie, and yet again I got caught in some hail, but at least this time I was a bit better dressed and prepared. The sun, though, was amazing. I'm not sure if this picture captures things, but it was the best I could do.
13 days ago
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Politics is so depressing; I started to watch PMQs and thought it was worse than a school playground argument. Frankly, if they scrapped it, no one would miss it.
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Jon Carling
13 days ago
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It was a beautiful start to the day, and so I decided to walk the dogs with just a jacket, a scarf, and a woolly hat. It then decided to hail & snow, and by the time I got back, my body temperature was well below freezing. Still, it was a bracing walk all the same.
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Today's blog post
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Holy ground
St Luke xxi. 31. — “Know that the Kingdom of God is near.” Our Lord saith that the Kingdom of God is near us. Yea, the Kingdom of God is within us as St Paul saith “our salvation is nearer than whe…
https://juliansummerhayes.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/holy-ground/
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Why don't companies employ a LISTENER IN CHIEF?
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"For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” -- Luke 14:11 I am reading today the Rule of St Benedict, and there is a whole chapter on humility. This is how it starts. It seems so apposite to so much of what I now see online.
14 days ago
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“I am the fiery life of the essence of God; I am the flame above the beauty in the fields; I shine in the waters; I burn in the sun, the moon, and the stars. And with the airy wind, I quicken all things vitally by an unseen, all-sustaining life.” ― Hildegard of Bingen
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'Sleeping Mud Maid', living sculpture, in summer and in winter, by UK artist Sue Hill (and Pete Hill) at The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall, UK
#WomensArt
#Spring
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100% this; I keep asking why there are no places of worship or non-denominational places now? If not these, at least a quiet/silent space to sit for 20 mins.
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Here now
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The Gregorian Lent and Easter
https://open.spotify.com/album/77aRjnx5aK6PaZUG1riRQe?si=Y403nwSQQiKmdiuglqxyQQ
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This is a list of monastic houses in Devon. So much rich heritage and so much to explore
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List of monastic houses in Devon - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monastic_houses_in_Devon
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Today's blog post
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A galaxy of meaning
“What is rarely acknowledged in history books, appraisals or assessments is this deeper register of encounter – because our empirical habits tend to reduce things to function: a whale b…
https://juliansummerhayes.wordpress.com/2026/03/24/a-galaxy-of-meaning/
14 days ago
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My wife is so much better at conversation than me.
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For the life of me, I can't stop listening to this. I feel so alive
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Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
https://open.spotify.com/track/04daeztQJg7lyDDAHJ70rT?si=5d3fb77b91b841b1
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ClientEarth
about 2 months ago
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ClientEarth Summit 2026
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What a great picture; and very close to my heart/place.
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It's like another level of stupidity.
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"Forgive us …. As we forgive…. To forgive for the moment is not difficult. But to go on forgiving, to forgive the same offence again every time it recurs to the memory---there’s the real tussle." - C.S. Lewis
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Do check out Andy's work which I think is excellent on so many levels.
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I so relate to this
@charliepsych.bsky.social
but not just in a medical sense.
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L. S. Lowry
15 days ago
View of a Town
https://www.wikiart.org/en/l-s-lowry/view-of-a-town-1936
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I see that some commentators are now referring to the unholy mess in Iran as something equivalent to the oil crisis of the 1970s. I don't suspect this crossed Mr Trump's mind as he was scratching out his plan on the back of a fag packet.
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Here again
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Everything ends
“In my life I have found two things of priceless worth – learning and loving. Nothing else – not fame, not power, not achievement for its own sake – can possible have the same las…
https://juliansummerhayes.wordpress.com/2026/03/23/everything-ends-2/
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17 days ago
120 Redscale 📷 Fuji GS645S 🎞️ Lomo 400CN (reversed) - Tetenal C41
#BelieveInFilm
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Social media has changed so much since I first chanced my arm. I'm as guilty as the next person, but it's premised now on finger-wagging, exhortation and a rather bellicose approach to any engagement. I'm no nostalgia-monger, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit to missing the old days.
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The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.” ― Søren Kierkegaard
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How was your day?
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When you don't drive a lot - me - you suddenly realise that you know what it felt like for all those "old people" in the past who said they'd lost their nerve.
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L. S. Lowry
29 days ago
Street Scene
https://www.wikiart.org/en/l-s-lowry/street-scene-1935
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Matt Owen
18 days ago
If you know anyone who’s dreading putting together their wedding speech - send them my way!
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
If you can re-post this I’d really appreciate it 👍
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Mathew Owen | Speech Writer | Manchester
Bespoke wedding speeches from a professional comedy writer.
https://www.mathew-owen.co.uk
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Andy Marshall
25 days ago
🔆 If you ❤️ architecture, history and light - and feel rooted by continuity, like here at Ripon, join me on my 💐 Spring travels in my camper van as I post out the ✨wondrous✨ each Friday. Free to subscribe 👉
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