JO BUTCHER

London has now been my home for thirty days.  Thirty whole days!  I am sitting here at the end of the 30th, reflecting once more.  

For the most part, this month has been a busy one, busier than I could have anticipated, which suits me well.  Initially, b...

More than a year has passed since I was last here, scribing!  

The year that has been and gone was an interesting one and that's for sure.  For many, I know, it is a year they are happy to have behind them.  Was there something in the air? What was it that made the...

Yesterday a small group of us joined at the beginning of the sphinx trail, full of enthusiasm for our descent to the Marina, with the lure of coffee at the bottom a great incentive!! 

The weather was perfect and of course, we walked before things heated up too much...

It's been a while now since the last soup group activity, the day after which I had to take an unexpected trip to the UK to look after my 101 year old Grandmother as she'd been taken ill.  I was gone for five weeks and Nanny came to the end of her wonderful life on Sep...

Yesterday saw the first jump start the SOUL 'soup group' activity.

Fourteen of us joined together to beat those djembes.  We were led by Kate of Beat This Drumming.   A few of the group had drummed before, but for most this was their first time and what a great job we...

On Saturday 4th June 2016  jump into LIFE was launched.  Jo was joined by twelve 'encouragers' who gathered for a shared lunch around the kitchen table.  After we'd enjoyed delicious homemade soup, Jo gave a presentation about the inception and birth of her ventur...