Author: kalikellett

She came from a home of females, and had the gift of a remarkable mother - who came as her escort on her first joueny to Africa. 'I came to love aloneness. Being a lone in nature is the best wayt to be in nature. If you are alone in nature, you forget yourself. If… Continue reading Jane Goodhall on Radio 4

I wanted to show Lucy and Julian the land, but of course, Lucy only had eyes for the dogs, their first meet after a year. She bought Jet (of course), the father, Jake, and their step sister/daughter, Jazz. After a somewhat nervous dismount from Lucy's car, Jake first, Jet last, they scuppered through the wood,… Continue reading First Birthday of the tribe of collies

We wear the colours of our tribe, our broaches of greenThe backdrop to the photographs, a climbing wall in a gym.Last time a sea of blue with a smattering of purple together with entitlement. No more purple, but called Other on the sheet. Alison: I said well done to B, but do you know what… Continue reading The Count, Pits and Coronation

We divorced ourselves from the materials of the earth, the rock, the wood, the iron ore; we looked to new materials which were cooked in vats, long complex derivatives of urine which we called plastic. They had no odor of the living, … their touch was alien to nature. … [They proliferated] like the matastases… Continue reading Normal Mailer Quote Plastics

Introduction by Eamon - Town council are paying for 8 sessions and 6 walks. They have a Climate Action Plan and are expanding on Water Testing beyond e-coli to phosphates and nitrates. Is human value genetically inherent or do we want to nurture our valuing of nature and learn to become sustainable. We have the… Continue reading Prof Peter Hudson at Woodbridge

why not arrive an hour early for an appointmentto collect, after the journey there, where I amwhy am i in a rush, late usually, flusteredfull of excuses. why not Is it too late now to develop this habit.h these little deaths Deaths of what now will not be in my life Who would have thought… Continue reading x

Ratnadevi and Sukhema came to the woods the day before, so I had a taste of them. They both took me straight back to India to the souls I met there then, and although I feel a different Rachel now, I felt taken back to then. Their alive eyes, their engagement, curiosity, unshakable quality. Enough,… Continue reading Waking up our ecological

Kevin addressed the ink schedule as a strategic challenge, and mapped a schedule for us, to include all offerings, with a space for dog walking in between. Thursday Concentric Orbits. a domestic in space. Jan later said she'd used the same devise for one of her plays. Plays on men are from mars, women from… Continue reading Ink 2023 – DRAFT

Tribute to 11 years of Science Cafe at the Cut Beginnings - when our history accelerates as Penelope Lively once said - are particularly interesting to recall as we round the circle, and celebrate the 11 year of Umi’s pioneering Science Cafe at the Cut. Do you remember those black sofas at the Cut? A… Continue reading Last of Umi’s Science Cafe

I do look at Brow, and say to him, this is your mum, she birthed you. In the same way no doubt as a mother looks at amazement at the formation of her child, how he/she grows, and occasionally wonders at the miracle of it being once the size of a small potato. I took… Continue reading Brow