Tam knows a great deal about being happy (not sure about that T shirt though!) Today we started our new weekly group, called Open Spirit. It always seems very special to take time out from everyday jobs and meet with… Continue Reading …

According to my Ecological Calendar, today at 03.09 was the Fall Equinox. I have made many attempts to understand the seasons, solstices and equinox…mostly using a tilted orange as the earth and two cocktail sticks as the earth’s imaginary axis,… Continue Reading …

I recently re-read Keats ‘to Autumn’ and no matter how many biscuit tins it now graces, the poetry is no less beautiful and seems so particularly true this year. Ian and I have often been out walking in these golden,… Continue Reading …

Time passes and I feel less hurt and angry then when I wrote my last journal entry. Due in part to time and in part to some grace unexpectedly received from attending a traditional church service for the first time… Continue Reading …

Like many people in these ‘interesting’ times, our family has been going through many difficulties, disappointments and high levels of change. On Friday of this last week, we were due to finalise our sale of Badarroch House in Scotland and… Continue Reading …

Here at the Vicarage, the vine on the south stone wall is turning a deep rich autumnal red and there’s that cool taste behind the sweetness of the September sun. So the wheel turns, the summer holidays draw to their… Continue Reading …

If you reading this, you’ll have noticed my belated flurry of journaling as I attempt to catch up with all the changes Living Spirit and our family have been going through. Steam has been rising from the new Vicarage office… Continue Reading …