Watch the video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/PcNxwP9QxIM
Author: apucci
Summary Video – June meeting
Watch the theme summary video of June’s online discussion group on chapters 11 – 15 of Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood.
Cast of Characters
Visit this shared Zoom document to review the list of characters in Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood.
Link: https://docs.zoom.us/doc/csYksjwvTAargOa5D7F9Sw
Summary Video from April’s Meeting
Watch the theme summary video of April’s online discussion group on the first five chapters of Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood.
Shared document – Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood
Here is the link to a shared Zoom document of the first five chapters of Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood.
https://docs.zoom.us/doc/1MnGxZXsTaSECfrombhptw
A shared document allows many people to engage with the same material over time facilitating an online text-based discussion.
Here is a screenshot of a comment in the text:
“A Hidden Life”
Explore the text of the poem by George MacDonald entitled “A Hidden Life” via this link (Zoom document): https://docs.zoom.us/doc/W7IEuD9zSGqj8lw5Oy0oIg
This poem was used for the discussion meeting on 18 February 2026 and continued our exploration of the theme Corage! God Mend Al!
Watch the introduction to the meeting of 18 Feb, 2026:
Video from January 2026 meeting
In the first meeting of the Casa Coraggio discussion group Dr Michael Pucci started with a synthesis of the first theme: Corage! God Mend Al!
Watch the video here of his talk of 24 minutes.
First Meeting of 2026
Thanks to all who joined the first meeting of the new George MacDonald study group. We will post the Zoom recording soon for those who missed. The theme of “Courage Mend Al!” is the first theme guiding our discussions.
After a short explanation from Michael Pucci about using themes, a reading of the George MacDonald’s sonnet to Louisa, (Personal: 1847 Sonnet to Louisa Powell (in George MacDonald’s copy of Coleridge’s Aids to Reflection):
George MacDonald’s Copy of “Aids to Reflection” · Victorian Things · Omeka S at UVic Libraries) and a visual examination of MacDonald’s bookplates the group broke into two breakout rooms and discussed what this theme meant to them with many giving examples from the works of George MacDonald.
We all then came back to hear from each other and share reflections.
Share your reflections below on the following:
Where do we discern the theme in this passage?
How does MacDonald convey the importance of the theme?
How does this form shape the theme?
New Group via Zoom
The new George MacDonald study group will start January 21, 2026. Click button below to register for Zoom link.