Category: Community
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Belonging to the Land
All art by Samuel Palmer “We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” Aldo Leopold Talking about druidry on this blog recently, I suggested the idea that what defines…
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Sympathy for the Witch
Last Spring a huge storm tore through our local forests and knocked thousands of trees to the ground. It was devastating and since then, for nearly a year now, we’ve been working to clear these fallen trees and turn them into firewood for our village. Last weekend a friend of ours came over to help…
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Re-Enchantment With Mark Fitzpatrick
“A Game of Light and Shadows Doorways, Rooftops, Streetlamps, Chimneys, Darkness, Glow The river mist rises, and stalks the streets, a ghostly catBells toll muffled metal ringing in the duskDistant voices lingerStrange echoes shiverA strange place startsTo feel familiarI am unfamiliarTo myselfBut something here knows meThough I’m a strangerAnd maybe always has (I have begun…
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Music and Celebrancy with Daithí Ó Nuanáin
“S Acher In Gáith In NochtFu Fúasna Fairggae FindfholtNí Ágor Réimm Mora MinnHi I Ho Ro Ho HiraS Acher In Gáith In NochtFu Fúasna Fairggae FindfholtNí Ágor Réimm Mora MinnDond Láechraid Lainn Úa Lothlind’ “Bitter Is The Wind TonightIt Tosses The Ocean’s White HairI Fear Not The Crossing Of A Calm SeaHi I Ho Ro Ho HiraBitter Is The…
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Ponderings and Story Telling With Nimue Brown
“The more deeply involved we are with what we do, the more power it has to affect change.” Nimue Brown Nimue Brown is an author, dreamer, green activist and folk enthusiast, a ponderer, singer of songs, teller of stories and hill walker. She has her own blog as well as patreon. She has published many…