Wordwitch
“The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say” ~ Anais Nin
The More I Learn
I'm surprised to remember that when I was about sixteen years old, I read a lot of science fiction. I'm not attracted to it now, or in any case I am not reading it now....maybe the science fiction I was reading then was opening my mind and spirit to what I would now...
Under a Chestnut Tree
There is an image that haunts me. Walking across England nine years ago, I passed a young father and his very young son piling chestnuts into a fair size basket. The scene could not have been more quintessentially English. It was quite early in the morning and the...
Holly’s Allure
Towards the Winter Solstice I begin to feel a yearning to connect with the energy of 'holly'. It is quintessentially winter-ish. Along with 'ivy' it moves something in me that burns like a slow hot fire, snaking it's way upward like the Kundalini energy rising along...
On Alchemy
Photosynthesis is a true, natural alchemy; it is what allows a plant to, literally, build itself from air, water, light - from "nothing". from 'The Golden Spruce' - John Vaillant
Living the Good Life
'Living the good life'....'the simple life'....'sustainable living'.....'escape to the country'.....etc. etc. etc. All these words have made my heart beat faster, my soul yearn for the ideal, my mind try to work out the details of my escape towards the dream. I...
