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Relationships With Trees – First Friday Walk, August 2022
I’ve written before about the walking artists collective I’m part of, Walking The Land, and their monthly First Friday Walks. These walks are fantastic – we have a theme, meet in a place (sometimes people join in remotely), and walk and discuss, with plenty of time for artistic response-making along the way. There are writers,…
In this place; at this time: Beltane 2022
image: my husband at Callanaish on our honeymoon, February 2006. soundtrack: Lisa Knapp, ‘Till April Is Dead – A Garland Of May. It is the coming of the May, and Beltane is upon us. I am feeling grateful today. In nearly 20 years of working with the seasons, Beltane is a festival I have always…
First Friday Walk – January 2022
“Exploring the world is one of the best ways of exploring the mind, and walking travels both terrains.” Rebecca Solnit, from Wanderlust: A History of Walking. This was the seed thought given for consideration during Walking The Land’s monthly First Friday walk. I walked with my friend J rather than with the main group – though…
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