The social art of conversation

I was volunteering to speak to my peers at the university. At the end, there was studious silence which is terrifying when you’ve given your soul to something so important. Did anyone listen? Is that person asleep? To be fair to the audience, the fine art student before me had presented an entertaining piece on researching beer label illustrations which seemed to involve a lot of time in pubs.

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Friday find: let's find our friends

In my journey I have met some wonderful men and women whom I am proud to call friends and offer some great service and skills. I think it's very important to share those details. Every site and group I've belonged to, offers something different but with the aim of connection, support and care. Almost every site operates for free, like Walk In Our Shoes and behind the site is a administrator who is more than likely to have been through the same as us and digs deep to support others. They deserve a share and a round of applause for the work they do.

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