Sandlings 1 - Southwold to Dunwich March 2021 We’ve started the Sandlings footpath. In part inspired by reading Robert Macfarlan's book the Old Ways, which describes some of the old footpaths he finds and walks. In part finding the start of the walk the day of my first Pfizer vaccination, unexpectedly walking the dogs north… Continue reading Sandlings with John Macrae, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Magnolia House endings -draft
While putting out the 2005 herbs on the table of objects that disappear, outside Magnolia house, Eric passed byAre you nearly there? he askedI keep finding corners and draws with another jar of marmite or another extension lead, I said and we both laughed, he as if he’d witnessed this many times before.How long have… Continue reading Magnolia House endings -draft
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Entangled Life
Yes, I remember now, all of our current cell life have come from the water (something water babes like Sara I'm sure feel when they are in that element that is far more strange to me). Plants made it out of water 500 million years ago.Their collaboration with fungi served as their root system for… Continue reading Entangled Life
Mark Cocker on crows on zoom
Organised by Wynd - a neighbour from Southerton - with an introduction to his eccentric museum in Hackney London (www.) Roost - where Corvids collect until they nest I the spring. Abandoned the moment of nesting. Rookery where come spring - late feb to may - corvids next. Roost. Amazingly active. They have 16 hours… Continue reading Mark Cocker on crows on zoom
Michael’s 86th Lockdown Birthday
All exotic plans scuppered, no North Norfolk like last year, no Paris, no travel due to the Coronavirus Lockdown, then the snow came, so no fish and chips and champagne in Southwold harbour either. It would have to be a home affair. An early highlight of the day was the morning walk to the supermarket,… Continue reading Michael’s 86th Lockdown Birthday
Walking with John Macrea, Pre Sandlings
We've started walking on Sundays. Aged 88, John is an impressively strong and well paced walker. It is a pleasure for both of us, to have company, explore and exercise, these lock down days. I'll keep adding our walks as we find them to this blog. Meanwhile here are our few first exploratory walks Five… Continue reading Walking with John Macrea, Pre Sandlings
Bill Gates letter
Bill Gates foundation working on health for over a decade now, world health, and involved with the Ebola epidemic - so this is up his street. He talks about the next stages:prioritizing equity and getting ready for the next pandemic. Not so straightforward - I first heard the Bill Gates theory in my woodland from… Continue reading Bill Gates letter
A bug walking across the ground
Read this last night, while reading Merlin Sheldrake, of Terrence McKenna I always thought death would come on the freeway in a few horrifying moments, so you'd have no time to sort it out. Having months and months to look at it and think about it and talk to people and hear what they have… Continue reading A bug walking across the ground
Belly of the beast to building bridges
With half a million Americans dead, and nearly 100,000 UK dead, in both cases more than all in WW2. Inauguration 2021Michael, Bobji Kali myself and a cup of lapsange tea, that became champagne, on a sofa in Magnolia House, Halesworth, on a dull day, watched the US inauguration of Joseph Biden, ordinary Jo from Delaware,… Continue reading Belly of the beast to building bridges