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SamSnail

Great people….great poetry

Life just keeps on getting the better of me and these blog entries don’t get written (or only in my head) and as for Facebook….I can’t seem to get into that at all! But in amidst the general chaos of… Continue Reading …

Ascent/Return

A Golden Yew that I photographed in Kent recently…it seems like a fitting symbol of death and rebirth The stories of Inanna and Ceridwen continue to circle around in my mind. My thoughts, as in my last journal entry, were… Continue Reading …

Wood Sisters Samhain

Samhain was extra special this year thanks to the wonderful Wood Sisters. Twenty of us gathered to celebrate this ancient turning of the year and to make our own new beginning as a women’s mystery school. We started with Sue’s… Continue Reading …

Local Beauties

‘Autumn Olive’ Over the last couple of weeks I’ve visited some inspirational local places, starting with the Riverford Field Kitchen. It was a pleasure simply to walk there, past a field of monster pumpkins and the apple press and then… Continue Reading …

Autumn Alchemy

Our moorland harvest It continues to be a beautiful autumn here in Dartington, as all the work of nature over this growing season bears fruit in the local gardens, fields and hedgerows and days are often lit with a warm,… Continue Reading …

Gardening the Soul

I recently started a new journal. What I really mean is that I bought a moleskin and had high hopes of actually writing in it! Originally it was intended as a gardening journal but as I ended up without my… Continue Reading …

Open Spirit Two

I’ve been re-visiting Huston Smith’s writing on World Religions.He has that perfect balance for me of a fine intellect and a great heart…and this edition has pictures too! Members of the new group ‘Open Spirit’ gathered for our second meeting… Continue Reading …

Here be dragons…and raisins…

The only fiery presence in the Vicarage garden was this red admiral butterfly on our Michaelmas daisies To keep on track with my seasonal musings, I had high hopes of writing an entry for Michaelmas Day last Wednesday, until a… Continue Reading …

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