Rubbish!

"Someone Else will pick it up" said the man as he threw his empty wrapper on the pavement.

"That's right" said 'Someone Else' as they did the same.

In Mendip alone there are 1,300 tonnes of rubbish left each year on the pavements, roads, verges and streams ... costing taxpayers thousands of pounds to clear away.

Info sourced from: Mendip.web-labs.co.uk

Feeding Others

Tonight I cooked for four people - me & Claire and two friends, Fay & Sean. Apart from the potato rosti falling on the floor while I was transferring it from the frying pan to the plate and having to bin the whole thing, the meal went really well I'm happy to say!

It's an amazing pleasure to be able to serve friends in this way - not because they may one day invite us for a meal with them (although that'll always be welcome!), but because there is no agenda and the conversation has the potential to turn to any subject. So in feeding others with physical food, it gives all present the chance to be fed by each other in the more metaphorical sense as we share, challenge and are challenged, in conversation which may be very light-hearted and full of humour, to very deep, serious discussion; as we talk we learn to trust in new ways which encourages us to open up more and share more of our true selves; our memories, passions, hopes and dreams, and also the things which we shy away from, the parts of life which we'd rather pretend don't exist.

I hope Fay & Sean - and all other people we welcome into our home for a meal - went away not just feeling full of food, but feeling that they have been changed because of eating, drinking and talking with us for a few hours tonight.

Labeled Friends

If you determine who your friends are by what labels you give others, you may end up only ever really knowing people like yourself

WARNING: Befriending someone with a different label than you may result in deep and meaningful conversation

Picture from: ASBO Jesus