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A very Merry Christmasfrom Sam, Ian and Tamat the Vicarage! Click on the image above to view our Christmas message…

Wood Sisters Winter Solstice

The wonderful Wood Sisters gathered just before the Winter Solstice for their second seasonal celebration. The Old Mother Yew in the graveyard that we visited at Samhain This time we started with a meditative journey to the Scottish Highlands to… Continue Reading …

Goosanders and chai tea

This Saturday, for the first time in a weekend while, I had time to do nothing much and so spent as much time as possible outside, walking by the river. It was cold enough to make my face feel rather… Continue Reading …

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 …

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