* I went into city center with K a few days ago. Photos below are of City Hall and the Albert Clock (named for Prince Albert, also nicknamed the Leaning Tower of Belfast. Look for the double decker bus!!)
*We've had Alternatives to Violence (ATV) training this week. It's a VERY general course on how to react without violence...a bit too general for people who have mostly been trained in social or community work. I've chatted with several really interesting folks, though, some are counselors, running anger management classes, working with prisoners and their families.
*Today was the "unveiling" of a painting done by two artist volunteers from the states. They were commisioned to create a painting that symbolized the experience of the center's womens' group. The group has been meeting for 1.5-2 years, discussing N. Irish history and how they fit into it.
I met Chuck and Peg my first day in town (they came to dinner with us), when they had just finished 3 days of listening to the womens' ideas. It was so interesting to follow their process of an initial sketch, and seeing the painting in a few different forms. It looks beautiful hanging in the center, we're crossing our fingers that the yp won't figure out some way to (even unintentionally) destroy it...*The weather's been terrible this week. K and I walked to Lidl, our small, German market around the corner, this afternoon, in the rain, because of a serious food shortage. It cleared up right as we got there, making for a fantastic photo op.
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