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,…
Sing a song of Swann Rosemary Mathew, of Cambridge Jesus Lane Meeting, popped this piccy in the Eye mailbag after spying a Quaker mention somewhere she hadn’t expected. She…
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