“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 – thoughContinue reading “First Friday Walk – January 2022”
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Janus, Edgelands and New Years Day 2022
Today felt like a day that needed to be marked somehow, so I took Fen and me off to Aust. It is such a conjunction of places, confluence and convergence, a perfect place to mark the end of the first day of a new year. For the Romans, this was a sacred day for Janus,Continue reading “Janus, Edgelands and New Years Day 2022”
Snow Day
Snow! The perfect kind, enough for fun, not enough to make it hard to get about. We are perfectly placed for this – high up, and at the bottom of the even higher and steep Rodborough Common. It was very misty up there, still snowing, and also very busy, lending a Lowry-esque air to theContinue reading “Snow Day”
In This Place; At This Time – Winter Solstice 2020
A very happy Solstice to all! I have a particular affinity for the equinoxes and Solstices, and none more so than the beloved winter. I had planned to walk with friends, at the start of what feels like an interesting, ongoing exploration of trig points – but due to some self-isolating in the family itContinue reading “In This Place; At This Time – Winter Solstice 2020”
Poem: real time
my clock tells me it is 4:23 but that is not the time the river knows what time it is it is time to run to the sunset the birds know what time it is it is time to sing praise to the dusk the sky knows what time is is it is time toContinue reading “Poem: real time”
Deep time and Solsticetide
I love this time of year, when the world holds its breath and the stillness and quiet of Solsticetide cradle my starburst brain like a soft pair of doves wings, or a gentle pair of mothering hands. I feel myself sinking into the quiet earth, sensing an echo of myself where all appears dormant onContinue reading “Deep time and Solsticetide”
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