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Date: 28 September 2005 20:47:15

I'm on to Natural Law ethics atm. And my poor brain is losing its elasticity as middle age kicks in. Am I stupid or am I stupid?! Though on reflection, late on a Saturday evening wasn't the best time to tackle the topic. I mean: daughter has flown the nest and is out exploring the fleshpots of the nearest big city. Hubby has flown abroad and is sampling the beers of Munich. (Cue e-mail showing pics of beloved in strange strange hats and with a vaucous grin on his face). Son has left the house and is watching a film with his cronies. An unexpected evening to myself. So, what do I do? Switch on the TV? Sink into a bath with a glass of champagne and a box of chocolates? No. Balance Miffy - balance!

Though to be fair, I was interrupted mid stream by a phone call from a fellow member of our church about a topic which is very much on everyone's minds just now. Over an hour later, I put the phone down to find that my right ear had started to swell up from the pressure of the receiver pressing against it. I sometimes wonder why folk do talk to me. Or in many cases talk at me. I don't generally get a word in edgeways. Shades of the knicker elastic syndrome again I think. So maybe this was a message from the Almighty to the effect that it's best not to choose Natural law as the topic for my next assignment. (She says hopefully).

Wibloggers who are also on board SOF will know of my of my somewhat err...'unusual' struggles to discern what Him (Her/It) Up There is trying to communicate to me. Latest being the little incident of the prayer book that fell out of my dressing gown pocket and down the loo. Musings as to what this could possibly mean ranged from 'He's telling you not to sit on the toilet with your prayer book in your dressing gown pocket,' to 'He's telling you to ditch CCP,' and 'Why don't you read a magazine in the toilet, like the rest of us?' When he heard, Mr Miff daringly suggested that it might be a sign re the latest goings ons at church. But as those of you who frequent SOF also know - the Agony Uncle's column isn't in the 'serious theological discussion' section!

What you probably don't know is that along with the prevarication habit, this squished, non-elasticated budgie is positively gifted at not following her own advice. To continue on the discernment tack, the nice people at the diocesan paper kindly printed another review by yours truly. (TBH it was the one that I'd hoped they'd not find room to put in - written as it was in a hurry in the hotel bar on holiday with the aid of a couple of large Mint Chocolate cocktails). And in longhand. (Look - no pc!). But M Silf's 'On Making Choices' and companion volume 'On Prayer' are mini- minor sized and didn't put me over the baggage allowance. So now, looking at the review what do I see - 'discernment,' 'integrity,' 'intuition,' 'choices' - 'terminal embarrassment!' If ever there was a person so stunningly ill-equipped to hold forth on all this, it's one Miffy. (Blush).