On Sunday 14th September we remembered the late Gerry Loose by way of a second walking renga at Glasgow Botanic Gardens, where Gerry was Poet-in-Residence in the early 2000s. ‘By Leaves We Live’: a Tree Renga was mastered by Mandy Haggith. There was less sunshine than we had during the May renga – but also […]
On Sunday 25th May we remembered the late Gerry Loose by way of a renga and reading at Glasgow Botanic Gardens, where Gerry was Poet-in-Residence in the early 2000s. We were blessed with sunshine – and also with occasional squally rain-showers, showing a different side of the gardens. The renga, and other verses written on […]
Copies of the booklet Writing with Flourish are now available at £3 each – including postage! This documents our work with Glasgow’s Flourish House from autumn 2023 to autumn 2024, when our facilitators Jane Walker, Sukhema, Christie Williamson, Colin McGuire and the late Gerry Loose led sessions with FH members. Pay via PayPal […]
A facilitator training day in bibliotherapy with Valerie Gillies & Sukhema Butler, plus guest Ted Bowman Saturday 7 September 2024, 10am – 5pm Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SR Lapidus Scotland offers a full day workshop for storytellers, librarians, writers and readers who already work within community and education settings and would […]
We invited readers and contributors to the book Living Our Dying to send us topics not included in the book, and places where readers could find out more. The list is never ending! But from those responses we have produced a new book, What’s Missing? from the book Living Our Dying Topics covered in What’s […]
Steps Spark our Words is a new publication from Lapidus Scotland, launched at the reading after our AGM 2023 held in Glasgow on 15 March. During the ongoing Covid pandemic, Lapidus Scotland hosted a series of outdoor events in parks and green spaces throughout Glasgow, including Linn Park, Gartnavel Hospital grounds, Glasgow Green, and the […]
Sensuous Facilitation: A Residential Workshop for Experienced Facilitators Whatton Lodge, East Lothian Friday 21st to Monday 24th April 2023 with Ted Bowman, Valerie Gillies, Sukhema (aka Larry Butler), Penny Stone Cost £247 – £290 Early Bird discounts for applications received by 15 February To apply please complete and return this form Sensuous Facilitation appl-form Join […]
8 weekly workshops for people living in the Glasgow area, partly based on the book Living Our Dying Thursdays 9, 16 & 23 February, 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 March, 13.30-15.30, at the Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens “I love this book – it will not only help you die a good death, it will […]
After Sukhema’s Walking Writing Talking events in and around the River Kelvin earlier this year, he leads one last event in an autumnal Kelvingrove Park on 15 October at 10.30am. In summer 2021 the poet Brian Whittingham led a series of Lapidus Scotland Walking and Writing events in Kelvingrove Park. We were saddened to hear […]
A 6 day retreat in the glorious setting of Myres Castle, combining meditation, mindful movement and expressive writing, from Monday 14 to Saturday 19 November. Stop and rest, and appreciate the goodness of life, despite it all. ‣ Honour your feelings in response to your own suffering and the suffering in our world. ‣ Connect […]
