Last week I promised I’d explain why Gxd is autistic (for why it’s Gxd instead of God, see last week’s blog! https://truthless.blog/2024/12/26/merry-x-mass/) It’s actually been a bit more than a week but time does speed up as I get older – that’s my excuse and here I stand, I can slither no other. The short …
Author Archives: Ruth M. Dunster
Merry x – mass!
Merry X-Mass! In 2022 I wrote The Autism of Gxd – months later, imagine my irritation when Elon Musk stole my X! But back there before the world’s richest man purloined it, why did I write X – Not God but Gxd? For a start, there were the negative reasons – for someone with a …
A Big Step …
Part of My Spiritual practice is daily offering of myself to Gxd, but if I’m honest, some days that feels difficult. Today was one such day, and I decided to probe why it can be so difficult.It’s not that the existence of Gxd is in doubt – my empirical evidence, if you like, is simply …
White Water Rafting
Yes, it’s a bonny blue boat (photo courtesy of Kit Dunster) but empty, beached, bleached, and rather dilapidated … Since The Autism of Gxd (2022) I’ve been silent – writing plenty but not slowing down enough to reflect in here. So, rather than disclose all life’s vicissitudes and bore myself and you, I’ll sum it …
The Book Launch!
Yes, launching your first book into the world is scary and induces all kinds of introspection and self-doubt – but when the day came, I could actually feel the Love in the room! If you want to buy a copy, have a look here wipfandstock.com and use discount code autismofgxd (valid until 31st March 2023) …
Good clean dirt
My great-grandfather worked with the horses out in the country. This was before factory farming and combine harvesters. Ploughing, planting seeds and harvesting were hard and visceral, physical work, in all weathers and in the relentless seasons. A family saying passed down from him is “good, clean dirt” – often humorous but for him a …
Throwing Stones and Taking Pelters
Throwing stones and having them thrown at you too … giving pelters and taking them too … that’s not either/or, but both/and. (For those not familiar with the Scots language, a pelter is something thrown at you, hard and painful). Before I launch into discussing the Bible (which I will), let me make this clear. …
Life is a Cabaret … isn’t it?
My daughter Kit, who is both generous and astute, recently treated me to a wonderful show in the appropriately majestic His Majesty’s Theatre in Aberdeen. It was John van Druten’s Cabaret, excellently directed by Rufus Norris. If you’ve never seen this amazing musical, you really should. Think wild, extravagant liberty with an undercurrent of the …
The Other in HD
This will make me unpopular, but I’m truly not able to decide if Trump was right to assassinate General Qasem Soleimani last week. Was it a deliberate provocation to Iran, an arrogant Western meddling in the Middle East, or the legitimate defence of American lives in the region? Or even defending us from a threat …
Nets and Nests
First, the nets. I watched the silver fish twist in torment as it died, I watched its red gills barbed into the tightly wound strings, and I knew this poor creature’s thrashing into final despair was my doing. My family had to eat, I know, but for a moment a guilty compassion stole into me. …
