gallimaufry meaning
a confused jumble or medley of things.”a glorious gallimaufry of childhood perceptions”
Etymology
“a medley, hash, hodge-podge,” 1550s, from French galimafrée “hash, ragout, dish made of odds and ends,” from Old French galimafree, calimafree “sauce made of mustard, ginger, and vinegar; a stew of carp” (14c.), which is of unknown origin.
There are different kinds of attitudes in communities. In one, the members see the others as a springboard to success but do not care about whether the others are successful except inso far as it endangers their individual chance of success.
In others, there is an attitude of mutual care, where success mean success for everyone and where the individuals don’t even consider success outside of a common success. For that to happen, everyone has to be responsible for everyone else such that each member knows that all of the others ‘have their back’ so to speak.
For a few minutes
Thinking of a holiday
Free of my surroundings
I forgot
about Brexit
burgee – a flag bearing the colours or emblem of a sailing club, typically triangular
mid 18th century: perhaps from French bourgeois in the sense of owner or master.
The Bumblebee Conservation Trust email of 5 November 2021 talks among other things about the project ‘Pollinating the Peak’.
The news is that the project has been awarded the 2021 National Lottery Project of the Year.
The award was presented to Trust staff and volunteers on Wednesday by BBC Autumnwatch presenter Michaela Strachan. And it was given in recognition of the project’s work in inspiring and educating communities, schools, and over 20,000 individuals about bumblebees.
Pollinating the Peak will receive a £3,000 cash prize, along with an iconic National Lottery Awards trophy.
The project has worked to secure the future of the Bilberry bumblebee, a Peak District priority species, and other local bumblebees by improving habitat conditions and monitoring bumblebee populations.
Full story here on the Bumblebee Conservation Trust site.
