It was a lovely afternoon in lovely company! With only 2 of us there, we did a lot of talking, and even looked at my vacation photos on the big screen. We nibbled on carrot and cucumber sticks, and left the banana muffins for my family to enjoy. We noted that veggies are so much more delicious when somebody else peels and cuts them, something I'm happy to do. Fruit is kind of the same. Sections of oranges, slices of apples, balls of cantelope to pop in your mouth, all better because they come with care. Our theme was Flying and Sailing , and we both had good memories to share, and reminisced about all kinds of things that the songs inspired, including slow dancing. There is a feeling of freedom, of being carefree, when you're moving over a body of water with wind and waves and lots of sky above. It's a weird and wonderful priviledge to be on a sailboat, or a tour boat like I was on recently. Flying in an airplane too is really extraordinary and astonishing when you think ...
Here are some of the photos I took on Thursday, Moose Hide Campaign Day. I especially wanted to include the image of the diagram presented by the speaker in the Cultivating Safe Spaces workshop. It was a very interesting and useful talk. It reminded me of the saying "Be the change you wish to see in the world". At the centre of, the core of a safe space is your understanding of your self. Your emotional regulation and understanding of your perspective and of other people's emotional states and their different perspectives will help to keep spaces safe- and, you need to be aware that safety is not without discomfort. I also wanted to add the photo of the Indigenous singer from Thunder Bay. Her name is Natasha Fisher and I think she's excellent and will be listening to more of her music. Here is a bit of her performance on Facebook . And here is my shot of her on Thursday Natasha Fisher