RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW.... I am going to Greenbelt.Mac shutting down - now.
BUT
Will be doing my blog from the Festival with some good pix too!Before I go ...... read this book last night
at midnight.So deep and powerful.
Sort of poems/prayers
but those words not good enough.They are like eternal yearnings.Ponderings.Martin gave it to me in da pub last Monday and I will certainly give him one of mine.(If you want to keep up with my stuff - just go here you will see .... )Buy this book by Martin Wroe..
Six Foot Blob and friends
'The Blob Tree'
and Special new friend
'Blob Tree CD-Rom'
are all getting ready for Greenbelt hey hey
Thank you
Caroline
for this .. .. .. .. ..
There's a longing in me to be whole
To be secure
I'm told that "everyone" feels the things i feel
So why do I feel so isolated in my feelings?
There's a longing in me to feel secure
To know I can cope, to know I have defeated
this demon depression.
But no-one can tell me
if my longing can become reality
The statistics say otherwise....
I'm fighting, always fighting
To be the best I can
But now I want to be that best for me, not just for others.
And I don't even know why I am writing this
Or writing it for you to read
Only that it needs recording
And that it needs an audience.
I want to break the cycle.
There's a cycle in my family
Of mothers rejecting their daughters
And I WILL NOT DO THAT.
I will do all I can to let my daughters know
that they are precious
and loved
Always loved.
I don't want them to be searching (like me) ever searching
for love and acceptance
For they are beautiful human people
Even if I cannot feel that for myself
I feel and know it for them
and want them to know and feel it for themselves.
Beautiful human people
What must if feel like
To know
that you belong
to that group?
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'The note said if you ever show your face in Wigan we'll kill you. But I live in Wigan . . .'
Wigan (I say it like 'Wigin') ...... are our rivals and have been since I was a kid ........ This Rugby League is under my skin and I love every pass and tackle. I have my heroes and Sean Long is one of them. There is a great article/feature on him today in the Guardian.
We are not about to play Wigin - but it is the biggest game of the season on Saturday - The Challenge Cup Final. I cannot/have decided not to go - Greenbelt is first all this w/e. But I will be screaming in front of the TV on Saturday. Hoping we win. Placing it on DVD while I am away too! Feeling the blood pressure mount. If you are not at Greenbelt this w/e - and can grab some BBC TV - try watching the game and admiring the skills and the toughness and power and intensity and ferocity .. .. .. .. .. ............. Here is a clip of the ariticle and a link::
Donald McRae
Tuesday August 22, 2006
The Guardian
"It's definitely up here, tucked away where no one can see it," Sean Long grins as he taps his temple and admits the truth. His cheeky blond head might be crammed with chit-chat about baby scans and betting scams, death threats and poker nights in the small but rollicking world he spans between St Helens and Wigan. But a riveting sporting objective lurks in the quieter corners of the 29-year-old scrum-half's mind. This Saturday, at Twickenham, Long will attempt to make rugby league history by winning the Lance Todd trophy for the third time, when it is presented to the man of the match after the Challenge Cup final between St Helens and Huddersfield.
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I am inspired by
T Shirts ........It is just too exciting for words ..... the Greenbelt clothing this year is more then Fair Trade .... it is about FREEDOM ...If you are at Greenbelt - Look at the labels
In the GB shop this year
When you browse around the shop and decide to buy a Greenbelt tee shirt at the festival this year you will see the label for the adult tees is 'Traidcraft' – we are delighted to be in association with Traidcraft this year and very pleased they have supplied our teeshirts. ...... equally beautiful is to have the 'Freedom Clothing Project' label attached to our children’s tees and if you look carefully at the label and you will see the tees have been manufactured in the West Bank and Gaza.The Freedom Clothing Project is a not-for-profit co-operative. As an open-source brand, it aims to be more open about those involved in the manufacturing of its products than anyone else. In time, it hopes to become an international co-operative, so the factory workers, unions and consumers can share together the ownership of our business.Be inspired and read about it here..
The Sheilas Joy (L) and Ann ...... yesterday they did their usual text to their PipDaddy and an said that - as Ann was landing in Majorca - Joy was taking off from the same airport. Then Joy clicks as she travels to Manchester today and tomorrow flys to New York - NY. They are fantatic humans .... but I would say that .......... BUT
I think you would if you met them ...... hmmm .
...... Greenbelt on my mind ... ... ... ....... if you go to Greenbelt .........you will be a Greenbelt Taker but if you can consider becoming becoming a Greenbelt MAKER ........ so have look at the Greenbelt Angels Tent and consider becoming a Greenbelt Angel ..... Go on - be an Angel ...... =========================================================== Paul Field is one of the artistes at the Festival and he is involved in a fascinating project see ...... www.paulfield.com/cargo It is all about Slavery .............. and you will be hearing more about it as time goes on ......... It's a project that will involve local communities on a large or small scale but can also work as the focus of solo concerts or special services based around the issues. It is next year 2007 ....... grab a view at his web-site ........ and if you are at Greenbelt - try to see him in action. ‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world’
(Margaret Mead).
====================================================== Behind the big bands and better known speakers there is many different opportunities and this is one called SVOX ..... For the sixth year running, SVOX is offering a programme of support and education around issues of abuse aimed at both people who have experienced any form of abuse (as a child or adult) and the wider community. These groups are only for people who have experienced abuse: sexual, emotional, physical or spiritual, as a child or an adult. They come together to share their experiences, recognising that all are at different places in their journey. You are welcome at any time, to share or just listen and ‘be’. The groups will run for 2 hours, and then the space will remain open for informal support. There will also be information about support and healing resources available nationally; and the opportunity to network informally with S:VOX members at other times during the festival. We all need support at certain times in our lives. I admire this sort of work. I know humans who have benefited and would love to see it better know to those who can take the opportunity to slip away and attend a seminar or a support group. http://www.svox.org.uk/
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