Stones and shells

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Today I scanned two lots of stones and shells and then used the images in various ways. It's been an unartistic week for sure, as main concerns have been health issues, tests, drips, ultrasounds, monitors, and a learning curve about what happens in the cardiac ward of the Geelong Hospital - from an emergency Monday afternoon until at last my husband looks fine again and will come home tomorrow. He hadn't been a patient in a hospital for 39 years so now we all know how different it is to be a patient than to be a visitor to friends and church people. It indeed was a blessing from God to find an excellent doctor who diagnosed the problem immediately. Thank you to that doctor, to the ambulance officers, to Emergency Department workers and the Coronary Care staff, nurses and doctors.When we visited this evening we took some home-made soup, some dalo and cassava to Peceli,and we all shared in this and the hospital tray of food, Peceli said that Lai, and his two little girls Mela and Amaleini has visited and given him the flowers and balloon so that was nice.

An interfaith space

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Two years ago the Spirituality Centre at the Geelong Hospital was opened but I didn't attend as I had flu or something at the time. Yesterday I visited this interesting space and took a few photos e.g. the glasswork by the local Wathaurong Aboriginal artists. For a couple of years I was part of an Interfaith group - until it went into recess - so this kind of place seems to me to be welcoming and inclusive. There are alcoves for the sacred texts of various religions including Bahai, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu and for the Christian representation there is 'The Message' which is a very readable paraphrase of the Bible. When I was there, a patient in a wheelchair was writing and another woman was praying. It's a very calm kind of space when compared with the technology and busy-ness of the rest of the hospital.