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A different sort of Saturday
May. 20th, 2023 04:29 pmSo this week I worked from home on Tuesday because husband had a heart failure clinic appointment. Then I was in the office for Wednesday and Thursday. I've hunted out a number of people across the university who have similar job titles to me so, presumably, similar roles. I met one of them a couple of weeks ago and another on Wednesday. It feels like there's an appetite for us to form a little 'community of practice', so I'm organising a further meeting. Of course, what I want is for a regular meeting to happen that DOESN'T rely on me being there to go ahead. But it's early days. And as an introvert's introvert, I'm quite impressed with myself for getting THIS far :D
Yesterday was husband's podiatry clinic appointment, where he was told he had beautiful feet! This is the kind of news diabetics want :D
Not sure if I've mentioned it before, but I finished my first clown, who I've named Peggy. I'm in the process of making the clothes for the second (George) BEFORE making the actual clown. Poor Peggy had to sit around naked for ages but George will be able to get dressed right away. I'll put a pic up when they're both done.
I'm getting some very strong ideas for a Nano, probably for this year. Two groups seeking the same thing but for very different reasons. Themes around keeping secrets, self-awareness, identity. I have one scene already well-shaped in my head.
I had a day out with church, today, but in a separate church building that was hired for the day. We were trying to discern where to put our limited energy and resources for the next 5 years. Something that came through really strongly was the idea of a 'new monastic community' - at the most basic level this could be a group who are committed to praying at the same time every day (but not necessarily together) and at the most extreme it could be a group who actually live together, eating, praying, creating - even working - as a community. I'm feeling a very strong pull to be involved in this - not to go for the most extreme option but definitely meeting and praying regularly with a small group.
One of the other things that came out was our 'open and inclusive' theology. A lot of the ideas this generated assumed that we are completely open and inclusive, ignoring our lack of hearing loops and the difficulty in accessing some of our buildings. Then the only black member of the group pointed out that the location that was chosen for the day was deep in white/protestant/Orange Lodge territory, and they'd actually had stones thrown at them in the past. The people who'd organised the day are white and it never occurred to them that the location might be a problem - but the building is accessible to people with mobility issues and has a sound system so everyone can hear. 'Inclusivity' is a journey that we're on!
Overall, though, a good day.
Yesterday was husband's podiatry clinic appointment, where he was told he had beautiful feet! This is the kind of news diabetics want :D
Not sure if I've mentioned it before, but I finished my first clown, who I've named Peggy. I'm in the process of making the clothes for the second (George) BEFORE making the actual clown. Poor Peggy had to sit around naked for ages but George will be able to get dressed right away. I'll put a pic up when they're both done.
I'm getting some very strong ideas for a Nano, probably for this year. Two groups seeking the same thing but for very different reasons. Themes around keeping secrets, self-awareness, identity. I have one scene already well-shaped in my head.
I had a day out with church, today, but in a separate church building that was hired for the day. We were trying to discern where to put our limited energy and resources for the next 5 years. Something that came through really strongly was the idea of a 'new monastic community' - at the most basic level this could be a group who are committed to praying at the same time every day (but not necessarily together) and at the most extreme it could be a group who actually live together, eating, praying, creating - even working - as a community. I'm feeling a very strong pull to be involved in this - not to go for the most extreme option but definitely meeting and praying regularly with a small group.
One of the other things that came out was our 'open and inclusive' theology. A lot of the ideas this generated assumed that we are completely open and inclusive, ignoring our lack of hearing loops and the difficulty in accessing some of our buildings. Then the only black member of the group pointed out that the location that was chosen for the day was deep in white/protestant/Orange Lodge territory, and they'd actually had stones thrown at them in the past. The people who'd organised the day are white and it never occurred to them that the location might be a problem - but the building is accessible to people with mobility issues and has a sound system so everyone can hear. 'Inclusivity' is a journey that we're on!
Overall, though, a good day.
