GIRL GUIDES If I still was always most at home in my beloved woods, joining Girl Guides helped me integrate my home life with a wider world. It was a fortunate time to discover Guides. Here was an approach very different from that we experienced at school where we had no say in what we …
The Place of Tides In acclaimed farmer/author, James Rebanks’ previous best-selling books, [The Shepherd’s Life and Pastoral Song] he told of how our rural landscapes and age-old wisdom have been brought almost to a final destruction. With his new book, The Place of Tides, he writes again of these profound concerns, of what to make …
Midsummer The steaming, lush meadow The bluebirds have flown from their house. The field grasses are high. My summer this year is necessarily quiet as I wait for hip replacement surgery. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t rich. I still look forward to sending out blog posts. (There is so much to talk about–the dailiness …