Q-Eye hears from Quaker songwriter, Carrie Newcomer, on The Next Right Thing podcast; drawing Friends in with books for newcomers; and colouring in well-loved phrases…
by Elinor Smallman
Mind your Ps and Qs The use of fossil fuels and the challenge for travelling Friends is far from a new concern. Friends in the 1940s were perplexed as to how to deal with a very…
Vast Ocean of Light Vast Ocean of light, whose rayes surround The Universe, who know’st nor ebb, nor shore, Who lend’st the Sun his sparkling drop, to store With overflowing…
Appreciating life A visit to a friend prompted Brenda Claxton, of Bath Meeting, and her husband Ted to take to heart an uplifting suggestion. Brenda shared with Eye that: ‘Each…
Completely loopy Some familiar names appear in unexpected pages, as Melvyn Freake, of Wanstead Meeting, recently told Eye. However, the Bryant and May that appear in the thriller…
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