Rockingham, a suburb of Perth, the capital of Western Australia.
Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, Australia
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
Edmondson Park, a suburb of Sydney, Australia.
Krabi [Krabi, Thailand]
God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay.
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray.
Inkerman, Ukraine, which was a battlefield in 1854 on the 5th of November, in the Crimean War.
New York (seems appropriate for this week)
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
Kaliningrad, East Prussia, Russia.
Detroit, Michigan, USA
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
Tempe, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, with a station on our rail network. Before my parents broke up in 1952, I used to live in Station Street, Tempe, which led right down to Tempe Station. It gave me a whole different way of looking at a phrase in a prayer, which says Lead us not into Tempe Station. Or was it temptation that was meant?
Epping, a town on the outskirts of London. Beside it is Epping Forest, an ancient woodland.
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
Grasmere, a lovely village (by the lake of the same name) in the English Lake District. It's known for a unique local form of gingerbread and for being the home of the late 18th / early 19th-century poet William Wordsworth. (Author of "that" poem about the daffodils. )
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
East Timor, also known as Timor L'Este, Capital Dili.
Ramsgate, a seaside town north of Dover (famous for its white cliffs) in England
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
Edale, a village in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England (best known as the starting point of the Pennine Way, one of Britain's most popular long-distance walking trails, which goes north over the Pennine Hills all the way to Scotland)
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
Evesham, a town near Stratford on Avon
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."