http://bahainews-uk.info/2010/05/10/irans-bahai-leaders-start-third-year-in-prison/
Tomorrow night the Newcastle Bahá’í community are holding a special prayer meeting for the Yaran, who are entering their 3rd year of imprisonment.
The link above explains the situation much better than I ever could, please do spare of couple of moments if you can to read it. I can’t begin to imagine what it must be like to be in their position – I am so used to living in a place that is tolerant of a persons beliefs differing to that of the majority.

Time has certainly passed by quite quickly since my last post….I can’t believe it’s already April! Where has the first quarter of the year gone?
I suppose I’m writing this just so I can update the blog, rather than having something specific to write about. So consider this a warning… I am just going to blabber a little bit about what I’ve been doing over the past week or so, see where my thoughts take me!
Last weekend I spent a lot of time with my sister Jane…she stayed with me for a couple of nights at the end of the week, then I went with her stay at our parents last saturday night. While she was here we …

I made more prayer beads this weekend. I really enjoy making these, it’s almost meditative, threading one bead after another. I wouldn’t normally put green, purple and brown together but I think it works well here. :)

Butterfly Prayer Beads by lindsaybotterill

I found this shop yesterday in West Jesmond – how did I not know about this place before now?!
When I became a Bahá’í, I wanted some beads to help me keep count when saying ‘Alláh-u-Abhá’ 95 times. I couldn’t get to grips with the knuckle counting technique that some Bahá’í’s use, so I googled ‘Bahá’í Prayer Beads’. I came across Kimberly Winston’s website, more specifically this post in which she gives instructions on how to make a basic set.
I’ve made a few sets of beads since I found her blog, mainly for myself and Michael to use. I find making the beads quite soothing and meditative.
Yesterday at Le Beado I bought …

Truth is I can sometimes have a tendacy to lose interest in writing. Bah.
So this is a quick post just so I can say to myself that I’ve posted SOMETHING, even if it is just a moan about not posting on a regular basis!
Busy weekend ahead….need to do some shopping tomorrow, then going to Leanne’s tomorrow night for a ‘girly night’, quite looking forward to that. On sunday I will likely be in Blyth as it is my Dad’s birthday on Monday, and in the evening I will be at the 19 day feast.
Busy couple of days indeed! I want to play around with this blog’s design a little bit, hopefully I can fit some …