Shirley McCaw shares the delight her hobby brings her, plus an invitation to poetically-inclined Friends - Quaker-themed limericks, acrostics, or haikus are very welcome…
by Elinor Smallman
Simple, formal, beautiful Wendy Edwards, of Warwick Meeting, made a discovery in the March edition of a green-fingered publication. She writes: ‘I was delighted to read an…
Glimmers Eye has been so moved by Friends’ generosity with sharing their moments of love and light, and hopes you’ve found your spirits lifted in turn. Judith Niechcial, of…
Glimmers Dana Littlepage Smith, of Exeter Meeting, reached out to share moments of hope that moved her. She told Eye: ‘My dear Dad was a creature of habit: he had the same…
Glimmers A touching moment of generosity moved Noël Staples, of Peterborough & Wisbech Meeting, to reach out. Originally published in the Stamford Mercury, in hopes of being…
Friends in stitches The Quaker Tapestry is a wonderful resource for delving into Friends’ history and exploring how Quakers have expressed it. So, let’s see how you fare with…
Glimmers of light and love Setting aside the Eye mask for a moment, and (fair warning) getting more serious than usual, I wanted to share something with you, my trusty readers. I…
Never too old Friends might remember a story that appeared in the sunshine pages on 26 January, ‘Never too old’. Bristol-based Roger Sturge, an eighty-five-year-old Friend,…
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