This woman decided to do something after the Riots in August 2011. She started to do random acts of kindness for strangers each day, often involving £1 coins or £5 notes. If you start from the beginning you will see that it takes her a while to find her own style! Once she does she has a range of things to do and is able to have the items to hand whatever is going on in her life. Amazing and inspiring.
http://www.366daysofkindness.com/day-197/
I have been staying up far too late, yet again, so I am linking to the page I have got to, number 197. It is a bit obsessive to literally read each page, but that's what I do if I am taken by something.
Do you want to join in with me, starting from Monday 29th, tomorrow, or rather technically today? Why not?
Showing posts with label riots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label riots. Show all posts
Monday, 29 July 2013
Friday, 12 August 2011
Oh where did my trust go?
I'm having my own moment of consumer madness, I looked up 'riots' on Twitter and found so many links to blog posts. They are all so interesting and different. It really is like being in a free sweet shop!
This one has some great toes, look and see, plus a reference to a lack of trust in the authorities. I love his last paragraph on what to do now.
I hope the trust issue will be picked up on by more people. A culture of deceit is no good for any of us.
Even now I find it hard to be truthful with myself on what needs doing at home and how long it will take. It is so basic, but I'm still at the beginning of knowing how to deal with things in a realistic way. I default to smiling and saying everything is fine.
In reality we have ivy growing up our walls, a eucalyptus tree has died and one of our wooden garden chairs collapsed last week of old age, nearly hurting someone badly. All these things need to be acknowledged and put in a provisional action plan with a budget. By me, not some mythical house fairy.
This one has some great toes, look and see, plus a reference to a lack of trust in the authorities. I love his last paragraph on what to do now.
I hope the trust issue will be picked up on by more people. A culture of deceit is no good for any of us.
Even now I find it hard to be truthful with myself on what needs doing at home and how long it will take. It is so basic, but I'm still at the beginning of knowing how to deal with things in a realistic way. I default to smiling and saying everything is fine.
In reality we have ivy growing up our walls, a eucalyptus tree has died and one of our wooden garden chairs collapsed last week of old age, nearly hurting someone badly. All these things need to be acknowledged and put in a provisional action plan with a budget. By me, not some mythical house fairy.
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Keep Calm and Get Your Broom
I love the footage of everyone out clearing up the streets and shops.
The website coordinating cleanups is beautifully designed too! Apparently somewhere passengers were shaking the hands of nearby police as they went into a tube station.
#OperationCupOfTea on Twitter is a good antidote to all the drama, it reminds me of the Libyan Freedom tea YouTube clips earlier in the year.
My parents and brother live in London so I hope it all calms down physically, though shooting a man after following the taxi he was in sounds like an odd way of keeping the peace. That and kettling are unpopular tactics any day.
There is so much to take in and so many comments to read. A lot of English (not UK) life seems to be revealed through this, the good and the bad. It's like a snapshot of how things are plus the innards of our system laid bare, for example the detail that pretty much all of the indie music stocks went up in flames, and the sight of the old man beside the burnt out building of his company with his son standing right there.
My last random thought is that the guidance at the end of this blog post might help things.
The website coordinating cleanups is beautifully designed too! Apparently somewhere passengers were shaking the hands of nearby police as they went into a tube station.
#OperationCupOfTea on Twitter is a good antidote to all the drama, it reminds me of the Libyan Freedom tea YouTube clips earlier in the year.
My parents and brother live in London so I hope it all calms down physically, though shooting a man after following the taxi he was in sounds like an odd way of keeping the peace. That and kettling are unpopular tactics any day.
There is so much to take in and so many comments to read. A lot of English (not UK) life seems to be revealed through this, the good and the bad. It's like a snapshot of how things are plus the innards of our system laid bare, for example the detail that pretty much all of the indie music stocks went up in flames, and the sight of the old man beside the burnt out building of his company with his son standing right there.
My last random thought is that the guidance at the end of this blog post might help things.
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