July 2020 – A Life Worth Living

What we may be

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Ophelia says “Lord, we know what we are, but not what we may be.” This quote points to future possibilities and potential being unknown. For Ophelia and Hamlet, whose lives were written by someone else, namely Shakespeare, they didn’t get much say over how things turned out for them. However, we canContinue reading “What we may be”

More lighthearted jokes from group members!

“Don’t buy anything with velcro, it’s a total rip off!”“Hedgehogs eh? Why don’t they just share the hedge?!” “I’m not doing this stay at home thing for the good of my health you know!”“Don’t buy a spider from the pet shop, you can get one cheaper from the web!”“So without telling her, I swapped our bedContinue reading “More lighthearted jokes from group members!”

Enjoying Nature During Lockdown

In last week’s meeting online we discussed where we had been for walks during lockdown and what we had discovered or rediscovered and enjoyed during this time. Some had stayed quite close to home and in doing so discovered a great deal more about their locality than they had previously noticed. People had found newContinue reading “Enjoying Nature During Lockdown”

Black Lives Matter Discussion

As a local group meeting in Edinburgh, separated by Lockdown, we have been delighted these last few weeks to connect again online. This has challenged some to the very edges of their technological abilities but we are very pleased with our achievements to have everyone up and running online. Well done! Facing a computer screenContinue reading “Black Lives Matter Discussion”