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Join us to discuss what’s going on within the AofA forum. Quite a lot as usual. Opinions, events, discussions. When we had the picnic this week, one of the participants said she wants to give up social media but AofA have so much good stuff going on, she can’t!
If you wanted to come to this very special event on July 8th at the Vagina Museum in London - featuring the UK's top Tantra teacher, Jan Day, author Marianne Power who has written about that work in her new paperback Love Me and Costa Prize winner, Monique Roffey who has also done Jan's work and written about it in her memoir Kisses of his Mouth - but couldn't get a ticket, tickets sold out in 48 hours. Now there is going to be a live stream for which you can buy a ticket here - https://www.outsavvy.com/event/28258/modern-love-and-tantra-a-conversation-with-jan-day-marianne-power-and-monique-roffey#anchor
‘It's the March of the Mermaids parade this Saturday 5th! A once a year free fancy dress parade on Brighton Beach. A heads up to photographers that want to capture REAL mer-folk.
The parade starts at 2pm from the Peace Statue and ends at Fortune of War approx 3pm.’
Well the AofA picnic was wonderful. Organic funny chat - snogging poet Brian Patten was one topic, Merlin, the bird app, another - great food from brown rice, feta and salad to pumpkin spicy salad to ripe strawberries to a whole roast chicken...and such great company. Thanks so much Herbert Agyemang-duah for coming all the way from St Albans, Jamila Signora who came from near Guildford, Poppy Altmann from Ham..so good to see Alison Goldie who came from Hackney..Tony Burch and Michael Stuart from Brent, Serena Buchanan from Brixton, Bridget Rattigan from Brentford, Carol Lee from Hammersmith as well as Jane and Andrea...I'm not sure where they came from. It was fantastic to see you and hang out...
Isabella Ducrot is a 94 year old artist who is still doing amazing work. And apparently the art world is just catching up and giving her deserved recognition. They describe this as her being a late bloomer but I think it’s the art world that is late!
‘Well that was wonderful! AOFA PICNIC. Organic funny chat - snogging poet Brian Patten was one topic, Merlin, the bird app, another - great food from brown rice, feta and salad to pumpkin spicy salad to ripe strawberries to a whole roast chicken...and such great company. Thanks so much Herbert Agyemang-duah for coming all the way from St Albans, Jamila Signora who came from near Guildford, Poppy Altmann from Ham..so good to see Alison Goldie who came from Hackney..Tony Burch and Michael Stuart from Brent, Serena Buchanan from Brixton, Bridget Rattigan from Brentford, Carol Lee from Hammersmith as well as Jane and Andrea...I'm not sure where they came from. It was fantastic to see you and hang out...’
My question to our group. I’d be interested to know more and I was fascinated by the small festivals that our members mentioned. Someone had recently been to an accordian, a citrus and puppet ones all in Europe, and then there was 2,000 trees, Eden on the borders with Scotland, Fantasy Forest and more. I myself to to Silver Sky and LoveJam. Where do you go?
Gotta to celebrate the inimitable Debbie Harry at 80 still glamming it out there. And we know she’s been through some very hard times. She’s featured in Vanity Fair this month.
Ooh, gotta read that Debbie Harry article! I'm 57-going-on 58, and I still go to festivals! I attend local music festivals with my husband (55), and we always dress up! I often wear a colourful wig, and we both get on theme. We get such wonderful response from the younger folks - people of all ages, really - mostly of the "I want to be like you guys one day!" variety. To which I answer, "One day? Be like us NOW!"