Yesterday I was away from the group for most of the day.  I started as usual - got up, wrote, met others, breakfast.  Then we came together briefly as the full 37 standing in a big circle outside the house on the gravel.  OK, we had already been the full 37 having breakfast, but coming together in the big circle helped me (and probably many others) feel part of the bigger group.  The circle...

So yesterday was the second full day of the group and it went roaring along - like holidays where initially time moves slowly and then seems to accelerate.  Here the "train" of group memories seems to gather pace for me by this second day.  My sense has been that for all three of the mid-size groups of 12-13, the first day was at times quite a struggle - what are we here for?  Do I...

Saturday - the group has now been running for 36 hours or so.  As I'd expected, I slept much better last night than on the first 'just-arrived' night of the group.  Getting up at around 7.00am, I still seemed to be the first person up and about - so it seems the group as a whole slept better!  Yesterday was so full.  To simply report the structure - I'd written, done some yoga exercises,...