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Blessings
January often sees me turning reflective, seeking out essayists like Kathleen Jamie and Alistair McIntosh, to give me the words and images to navigate the dark winter days. Old folk songs sing of the โghostsโ that visit us at this … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged Alexander Carmichael, blessings, carmina gadelica, charms, community, family, folk songs, gaelic prayer traditions, ghosts, grounding practices, January, miracles, mum, relfection, routine, scotland, spell songs
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Castles
I read Kathleen Jamieโs book of essays, Surfacing, over January. As you would expect from Jamie, itโs a beautiful selection. She explores the life transitions going on in her own family against the background of an archaeological dig in Alaska, … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside
Tagged Alaska, alcohol, Angle Saxons, archaeology, books, Bury, Cadbury, Christian Missionaries, Cornwall, Cranbrook, Dartmoor, devon, Dumnonii, essays, farmers, Fingle Woods, ghosts, guerilla war fare, hill fort, Iron Age, Kathleen Jamie, lifestyle, multivallate, neolithic, non-fiction, Old Clam Bridge, Orkney, romans, scotland, seasonal, snowdrops, South West, surfacing, sustainable, Tamar, Thorverton, traditional, Vikings, way of life, Welsh Marches, Westray, Wooston Castle
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