Yesterday at shared reading Ana’s mother Lynne said, “Through the group there are different interpretations of a story…this brings about a freedom of expression.”
This is a theme that keeps arising within this group. Others have commented that in discussing the stories personal memories arise for them that they have a rare opportunity to share within the group. These memories inspired by the same story or poem can be very diverse An example of this was when we read an extract from The Call of the Wild paired with the poem Sea Fever. This poem was Helen’s favourite growing up she knew it off by heart and read it beautifully, everyone was very pleased at her obvious delight.
Bert commented he was so glad for her. Bert then talked about being ill and his wife buying him lots of books about adventure on the seas. He was so inspired he bought a sailing ship and they sailed in 1968 to New Caledonia, by the stars. He said every man and his dog can do it now there is GPS! He has also been twice to Alaska, so has Val.
Margarita commented that the story was all about love, Rhonda added the way that the dog held his masters hand in his mouth gently was his way of communicating his love “I will do this for you.” We discussed the way that animals show love. Nan had also read the
book, many commented this was a book from their time and generation. There were humourous comments around men’s tendency for bragging! Val said “I always appreciate the variety of stories.”
Thank you so much to our new funding friends for 2023!
We are so excited to announce that we have two new major funders supporting our work- Stout Trust and The
