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Tag Archives: Stained glass
A pocket full of Rye
Drawing on what we learnt from our ‘gap year’, we returned to Rye to continue our exploration of a new-to-us part of the country. We stayed at the same lovely b and b where we stayed last year, and visited … Continue reading
Five (good) things on Friday
OK I know it’s Saturday now not Friday, but I have a fix for that: Six on Saturday. Which as it happens works perfectly, because I couldn’t post this week without mentioning no.6. Practicing optimism: two people I care a … Continue reading
Posted in Bath, Community, Do what you can with what you have, Five (good) things on Friday, Inspirations, Local, Poetry party, Seeing differently, Uncategorized
Tagged Bath, Bath City Farm, Bristol docks, Community, Curo, Friends, Fundraising, Harry Stammers, lanolin wool, Local, optimism, people power, Poetry, Regeneration, Salena Godden, Snow, Stained glass, taking control
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The Gap Year: March adventure
This is getting to be a habit – an ‘adventure’ that to the outside world looks like nothing of the sort. But maybe that’s just the point – to do things that are meaningful and different for us, regardless of … Continue reading
Posted in Gap year, Reflections on life (and death), Retirement, Seeing differently, Travels
Tagged Dungeness, Family, Gap year, Hastings, Living, Reflections, Rye, Simplicity, Stained glass, Travel, Walking
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River Thames walk: Day 5 – the missing links
Day 5 was all about joining the dots, ready to finish the walk the next day. So, a bit like football, this was about two halves. Because I had done a section out of sequence (Kingston to Putney) and added … Continue reading
Posted in 60th year, Community, Reflections on life (and death), Seeing differently, Travels, Walking
Tagged 9 Elms developments, Active travel, Battersea, Democracy, Human Rights, Levellers, Living, London Peace Pagoda, Putney Debates, Reflections, Simplicity, St Mary's Church Putney, Stained glass, Thames river walk, Walking
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Seeing differently: coloured glass
I’ve been reflecting* on this quite a bit recently, sparked by reading Jane Brocket’s interesting blog posts about stained glass. The colours are gorgeous, and always arresting. There’s something jewel-like that captures my eye. In fact as I look around … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, Inspirations, Seeing differently, Travels
Tagged Black Forest, Coloured glass, Learning new skills, Public art, Reflections, Stained glass
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