First Meeting

Today we had our first gathering of CHUMs to decide on a title for our group and how we would run things.  Needless to say we chatted and laughed for ages on loads of subjects that kept sidetracking us from the choosing the title.

We are hoping to try and do something once a month as well as impromptu events.  Each of the events will be open to others that we choose to invite along.  We can wear our hats if we choose but there would no pressure on others to wear  hats etc.  But if truth be told, I am looking forward to wearing mine and just being a little bit "crazy".

It is our intention to use this blog to say something about what we have been up and to share any photos that we have taken. So with the initial step of getting the BLOG up and running we are well on our way to a life time of fun and laughter.

Warning

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.

I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.

I shall go out in the slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practise a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

- Jenny Joseph (1961)