A Quiet sad corner

[smashedinductionhob]

That's all. Pop over and sit down quietly if you like.

what tanith said.
smash [beanbag] emoji [record] emoji and strength thanks < not very good at emojis >
'Mermaids' anyone?

we are all good.

dapple and i just wanted to pop off out of the corner and have a chat outside.

it was nice.

This is the first test of our revolution - and we have come through it together!

Who know what I might misquote next? :)

During the very worst days of apartheid, I was on yet another demonstration in London, in the cold and snow, we were all fed up. (Not as fed up as the political prisoners in South Africa but.....)

Bishop Tutu was the speaker. He saw we were sad, and sang a little song for us to cheer us up.

It worked and apartheid fell.

I love misquoting, and tbh pleased that two such cool writers got a mention on mn.

Oh, I'm very glad no one is getting shouty .

I was thinking about knitting some nice soft patchwork squares and making a blanket. I feel the need of a blanket in these times. Very soft wool and pale colours, something to wrap myself up in (or hide under).

I like this quote by Malcolm Forbes: "Diversity is the art of thinking independently together." We'll get there one day.

May I join you please? I can offer some Greek booze of questionable origin and a need to avoid mainstream news and social media.

I like the thought of knitting, v peaceful.

Places a framed picture of Desmond Tutu on the wall of our little corner: Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

I had the immense privilege of living and working in NL for about 6 years. Wonderful people, wonderful place. Still can't believe I didn't get around to applying for citizenship before I left...but I've always felt a strong affiliation with the Dutch. Been thinking a lot about my wonderful former EU life today. Fantastic memories.

I'm so happy for them. What a relief. DH is working there this week and said it all went nuts there yesterday night. Good nuts

Poundland, agree. I worked for an Anglo-Duitch company for a number of years and loved the Dutch approach to life (thouigh not the soured milk drink at meetings....)

we may need to start digging that well.

Always liked digging

And I'm wondering, how do we set out a vision of those European values that endure whatever nonsense happens in the next decade?

I've been thinking about values a lot because there seems to be such a disconnect between what I believed we stood for and the behaviour I see around me. I remember a mum at the school gates waving her young child off, and shouting "be kind'. I thought what a powerful mantra to go to school with. So my number one value for the future is 'be kind'.

it is funny I think maybe it was in the tv series they moved the scene to the ship.

It's about being Catholic and unable to remarry. She says something like "it's like the one thing Nanny couldn't deal with that had to wait till mummy came."

must be funny being that posh.

I have a new posh neighbour. He catches pigeons. He is probably nice. We don't talk about Br...

Yep, you could do a lot worse than be kind. You already started with the well, Smash this is it.
When this all kicked off, I decided to learn more languages. Did a free course with University of Groningen learning Dutch last autumn (enjoyed it, forgot it, but......)
www.futurelearn.com/courses/dutch
In fact I've done a few free online courses to avoid the obvious since November 9th.
Why does he catch pigeons?

I'm so sorry, Dapplegrey1. When you wrote "Who were they?", I rashly assumed you meant "Who were they?"

Never mind, I think Smashed has answered you now.

Tanith - I reread my original question to smashed and I agree, it did read as if I was asking who they were.
I should have phrased my question more clearly.
Hmm....I wonder what Waugh and Greene would've made of Brexit.

No problem
I guessed, from your follow up, that I'd misunderstood!

< puts another log on fire> hi there dapplegrey1

So, another story. After the Fukushima earthquake, a buddhist monk was on radio 4(From our own Correspondent, I think). He was racing round the affected areas, helping those affected by this terrifying disaster, even more so for the Japanese. He had on Led Zeppelin blasting out the on his music system, and when the interviewer asked why are you doing this? His answer was, "I am compassion". It still is one of the best things I've ever heard.

And the cool thing about compassion is it heals the giver and the receiver, good stuff. Sometimes difficult to locate, but powerful stuff.

Good.

So going back to the loss

These losses that we are talking about here

I think that on 24th June

Sorry, does anyone mind if I mention Boris Johnson?