Life has been been very challenging for this past year but this new challenge is going to be great and in the right direction! Smart Gallery is getting a shop! 😎We would like to wish our supporter Helen Good Luck!!!!
She is the new owner at Magpie, 1 & 2 Albion yard, Skipton.
The Magpie is a fabulous, eclectic and fascinating shop with an ever-changing wealth of beautiful interior pieces, antiques and painted furniture-well worth a visit!
All the very best Helen. XXX
Sooo exciting's xx
Looks good already xx
All the best Helen xx
Reasons to be Cheerful
It often seems as if the world is going straight to Hell. I wake up in the morning, I look at the paper, and I say to myself, "Oh no!" Often I’m depressed for half the day. I imagine some of you feel the same.
Recently, I realized this isn’t helping. Nothing changes when you’re numb. So, as a kind of remedy, and possibly as a kind of therapy, I started collecting good news. Not schmaltzy, feel-good news, but stuff that reminded me, Hey, there's positive stuff going on! People are solving problems and it’s making a difference!
I began telling others about what I’d found. Their responses were encouraging, so I created a website called Reasons to be Cheerful and started writing. Later on, I realized I wanted to make the endeavor a bit more formal. So we got a team together and began commissioning stories from other writers and redesigned the website. Today, we’re relaunching Reasons to be Cheerful as an ongoing editorial project.
We’re telling stories that reveal that there are, in fact, a surprising number of reasons to feel cheerful -- that provide a more optimistic and, we believe, more accurate depiction of the world. We hope to balance out some of the amplified negativity and show that things might not be as bad as we think. Stop by whenever you need a reminder.
David Byrne
Our latest project.
Heritage of women in rugby league project awarded funding | Love Rugby League
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A project inspired by the story of the first woman to referee men’s rugby league has been awarded National Lottery funding. [Read more...]Stunning Exhibition at Leeds LibraryFantastic opening of Many Happy Returns exhibition! Many thanks to the participants who have shared their personal stories about #nhs Don’t miss out. It’s on until 5th July at Leeds Central Library 💕🚑 Thackray Museum Leeds Libraries The Old Fire Station Gipton National Lottery Heritage Fund
Featherstone Rovers ❤️It is joyful to spend time with these lovely, fascinating, exceptional women! #featherstonerovers