early wake up

getting up early during the fast is a bit of a problem to many people. However, yesterday I had help from an unexpected direction. I live on a bus route and the nearest stop is just a hundred yards away. Anyway, workmen have been repairing a cable by the stop, so it was temporarily moved.
At 5am yesterday morning I was awoken by the sound of a bus waiting at the bus stop -right outside my house!

after the Feast, the Fast

Well the Intercalary days have come and gone, and we are now in the month of fasting. It has been a good few days this year in our family, with some nice presents, visiting family and friends and going to the cinema one evening.

Really looking forward to fasting for the next few weeks, as it involves getting up before sunrise for breakfast and dawn prayers. Actually, I suppose the evening meal should then be called 'breakfast' for this month! Certainly a time to reorient the "spiritual compass".