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Meh:
Spoke with two friends today, more listened really, I'm sorta feeling brain dead like not much is happening up there besides anxiety. It still feels good to keep in touch, it's two women from work that I would coordinate group outings with. It does go to show that making an effort to make friends is worth it sometimes in the long run. Of course I knew them from work so it was easy as they were around so often. Meeting new people out of the blue on the other hand isn't so easy and even more so with this Covid-macrocosm we live in.
I don't think I have any creative thoughts right now so I'm not going to force anything.
Hopalong:
Glad you connected with friends today, G.
I understand what a difference it makes.
I have a Sunday Explorations (secular) discussion
group meeting twice a month, and it was good to
sit with about 8 other people (coed) and just hear
whatever anyone wanted to talk about. One couple
though had lost their son unexpectedly 10 days before.
They are shattered but still warm and want to connect.
I'll ask them next week if they'd like a yard visit.
It really helps to hear voices, and see faces if you
Zoom it.
Hope it happens again soon, G--
Hops
Twoapenny:
--- Quote from: Hopalong on July 05, 2020, 09:07:55 AM ---Me too, Tupp:
--- Quote ---I love imagining how England was before there were a lot of people building here - miles and miles of fields and woodlands and just so much space.
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One of my favorite photos is of me standing in front of the stones at Stonehenge in 1964 when I was fourteen, before they added ropes and barriers. There were no crowds at all and I feel lucky to have it.
If I had my druthers and could live in the U.K. it'd probably be up north in Scotland. As long as I had a very warm cottage! Then again, to live in a Welsh village that had a good choir...heaven.
hugs
Hops
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It must have been amazing to be there before everyone else wanted to go, Hops. It's so commercialised now. And I get it, it costs money to look after it, they had to rope it off because people kept climbing on, writing messages on the stones, chipping bits off to take home and so on. But I find it really sad as well. When we drive towards it I imagine what it would have been like to get there on foot or on horseback, and how you'd have felt when you saw it off in the distance, with it being this amazing spiritual centre. It would have had so much meaning then and been so important. And it still is for some people, but for many it is just a tourist attraction now and there's more meaning in the gift shop than anywhere else. I know that some people who are really into 'the stones' prefer to visit other sites now, that aren't as big or popular but where you can just stand and feel the energy and kind of connect to, I don't know, history? spirituality? yourself?. I suppose it's different for everyone. There are many such sites in Scotland, I believe. I do find the wilds of some parts of Scotland appealing, and did read up on a few communities up there, particularly on the islands, very cut off and remote. But yes, blooming cold. YOu'd need a good set of thermals :) Lol xx
Twoapenny:
--- Quote from: CB123 on July 05, 2020, 10:31:50 AM ---I was pretty excited that they cancelled the celebration at Stonehenge for solstice this year, and then did a live video of the sunrise with no crowds. It's the way I have always wanted to experience it and likely the only time in history it has ever happened!
Ive been reading that they are finding evidence of other henges in the area, including one that goes AROUND Stonehenge, forming a shape that looks like a giant eye (which if you are a LOTR fan is chilling) I love the stuff.
CB
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They did find some more evidence, CB, it is quite amazing that they are still discovering stuff because they have new technology that can do magic! They think it's the biggest neolithic site in Britain, which is pretty amazing.
I missed the video of the sunrise, would you believe, it would have been great. There's someone on Facebook who does great night time shots of Stonehenge, it's called Stonehenge Dronescapes, you might like it :) xx
Twoapenny:
--- Quote from: Garbanzo on July 12, 2020, 11:25:30 PM ---Spoke with two friends today, more listened really, I'm sorta feeling brain dead like not much is happening up there besides anxiety. It still feels good to keep in touch, it's two women from work that I would coordinate group outings with. It does go to show that making an effort to make friends is worth it sometimes in the long run. Of course I knew them from work so it was easy as they were around so often. Meeting new people out of the blue on the other hand isn't so easy and even more so with this Covid-macrocosm we live in.
I don't think I have any creative thoughts right now so I'm not going to force anything.
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It's nice that you caught up with people, G, I've found it harder and harder to make the effort the last few weeks and a couple of others I know have said the same. I'm not sure why, just different habits now, maybe? Good that you got to chat though, and hopefully there will be a time in the not too distant future when you can get together again xx
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