From the Blog

  I highly recommend the book ‘Braiding Sweetgrass’ by Robin Wall Kimmerer. It is beautifully written and helps readers to weave indigenous wisdom into today’s thinking and I found it to be highly insightful. This week I came across a phrase from this book which I didn’t recall but it […]

Our land weeps for all the suffering She has endured, Deep wounds from abuse and scars cut from greed, She weeps from lack of respect, honour, love, gratitude, Taken for granted and given nothing in returnBut for poison, fumes, litter and neglect. She calls out now, grabbing our attention all […]

There feels to be an exceptional shift happening. I have written about it before, and I may well do so again, as it seems to be endlessly fascinating to me. I have heard it said by some that it is because this is the year of the Fire Horse, a […]

I missed my, self imposed, writing deadline this weekend. For good reason, but disappointing nonetheless. I was at that point on Friday morning of feeling under the weather, noticed the early signs and the need to cancel all engagements and take a much needed day of rest. It was going […]

Indigenous cultures it seems weren’t so much hunter gatherers, as they’re often depicted, but were more cultivators of vast areas who worked in harmony with their surroundings to create sufficient food for themselves and for other, non-human species. Mother Nature’s bounty was not just for the benefit of humankind, it […]

The full moon radiates on the horizon, glowing more brightly than ever in the clear, cold sky on this early morning in January. The air is so cold my cheeks and fingers tingle as the gentle breeze catches my breath and I tuck my chin further down into my warm […]

I have a new sit spot: somewhere I regularly sit peacefully and contemplate; a place to be still and listen to the subtle murmurings of the land and the wildlife that surrounds me; a sacred space to learn and improve my ability to speak this green language. This new sit […]

I really like the way the ancients celebrated this time of year. Today, marks the winter solstice which has been a celebration in the annual calendar for centuries; the moment when the sun begins to return from its shortest day and longest night to gradually longer days again. Beginning at […]

Here we are again; the nights are closing in, a chill is in the air, schools are at the end of term and the talk of Christmas is inescapable. An ever-increasing inner conflict fills my heart. My family: of all the loves I have in my life, and there are […]

Goodness me there are a lot of people dancing along to the drumming beat of the ancients calling. Having felt as though I was the only person hearing that distant beat, I am now surrounded by gathering tribes everywhere I turn and everywhere I go. I seem to meet more […]