Post About Interests - You Can Play Too
Dec. 9th, 2020 06:32 pmFrom ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
alexcat
1. Comment on this post by saying Rhubarb! in the comments and I'll pick three things from your interests, tags or profile post (include a link if you like).
2. Make a post in your journal (or comment here) and talk about the words/phrases I've picked.
My response toalexcat
Brownies: I've been involved with guiding since the daughter was 11, so 18 years now, first as a Guide leader, and for the past 13 years as a Brownie leader. I think being a Brownie offers the girls an opportunity to try out new things, still in a structured environment, but in a different way from at school. We aim to provide a variety of activities, which caters for the likes of all the girls over the term, while still following the basic guiding programme. Being a Brownie gives the girls a chance to get to work with people they don't see every day at school. For some village packs, most of the girls may go to the same school, but out of our 24 Brownies we have girls from 8 different schools. It also gives them a chance to slowly take on more responsibility from when they join age 7 to when they leave as 10 year olds. Even now, when we are restricted to zoom meetings, we're giving the girls something different to do in the week.
Crafts: I've really got into crafts in the last few years. Now, I'll either knit or cross stitch nearly every day, and sometimes to both, depending on what else I've got on in an evening. I also enjoy occasional card making and other glue based activities. I've even taken out a subscription to a knitting magazine and tried a cross stitch one, although that didn't impress me. When I cut back my work hours one of the things I was looking forward to was more time to do crafts, because I really enjoy the challenge of physically creating something.
Theatre: My favourite activity, and sadly the one I haven't been able to enjoy since early March. I've streamed a couple of specially performed plays, but neither really grabbed me, despite starring Jonathan Slinger in one and Andrew Scott in the other. For me, there is something very special in being in a theatre and watching a performance. Yes, I will be watching both The Red Shoes and Uncle Vanya on the television this Christmas, but what I'm really looking forward to is hopefully next summer sitting in front of a real stage enjoying a live performance.
alexcat 1. Comment on this post by saying Rhubarb! in the comments and I'll pick three things from your interests, tags or profile post (include a link if you like).
2. Make a post in your journal (or comment here) and talk about the words/phrases I've picked.
My response to
alexcat Brownies: I've been involved with guiding since the daughter was 11, so 18 years now, first as a Guide leader, and for the past 13 years as a Brownie leader. I think being a Brownie offers the girls an opportunity to try out new things, still in a structured environment, but in a different way from at school. We aim to provide a variety of activities, which caters for the likes of all the girls over the term, while still following the basic guiding programme. Being a Brownie gives the girls a chance to get to work with people they don't see every day at school. For some village packs, most of the girls may go to the same school, but out of our 24 Brownies we have girls from 8 different schools. It also gives them a chance to slowly take on more responsibility from when they join age 7 to when they leave as 10 year olds. Even now, when we are restricted to zoom meetings, we're giving the girls something different to do in the week.
Crafts: I've really got into crafts in the last few years. Now, I'll either knit or cross stitch nearly every day, and sometimes to both, depending on what else I've got on in an evening. I also enjoy occasional card making and other glue based activities. I've even taken out a subscription to a knitting magazine and tried a cross stitch one, although that didn't impress me. When I cut back my work hours one of the things I was looking forward to was more time to do crafts, because I really enjoy the challenge of physically creating something.
Theatre: My favourite activity, and sadly the one I haven't been able to enjoy since early March. I've streamed a couple of specially performed plays, but neither really grabbed me, despite starring Jonathan Slinger in one and Andrew Scott in the other. For me, there is something very special in being in a theatre and watching a performance. Yes, I will be watching both The Red Shoes and Uncle Vanya on the television this Christmas, but what I'm really looking forward to is hopefully next summer sitting in front of a real stage enjoying a live performance.
