A new Permaculture Design Course (this is a longer than usual read so grab a cuppa)
Permaculture in the pandemic
It was the year of the pandemic. Living on the Wales and Shropshire border meant that our experience of that time was schizophrenic. When England was not wearing masks, Wales was. When England was free to travel, Wales was in lockdown. One village had the pubs in England opened while the … Read more
Mind your language
Words, words, words
I’m having some coaching at this weird liminal time where this phase of motherhood is ending.
This week my coach used the word ‘strategy’ and I had a ‘yuk’ reaction to it which he questioned. Then, the word ‘target’ came up and I yukked again.
So we got curious and for my … Read more
Life after retirement
This man, Robin Keen, is my old head teacher and my old employer. He is 93 or 97 depending on who I listened to and retired at, but my calculations, around 60.
I was down in Kent this week to give a talk on ‘Creating a life you don’t want to retire from’ at my … Read more
Fluid and flow
Writing
I’m starting to understand my pattern. I seem to have written a book once every 6 years and this year as seen Farmotherlands birthed. Writing feels like exhaling: lots of previous learning and experiencing and remembering; sending it out into the world. Now the book is born, I’m inhaling again, reading and listening to … Read more
Women are the first environment – Katsi Cook
I love the On Being Podcast and the episode with Katsi Cook called ‘Women are the first environment’ touched me very deeply.
Katsi is a Mohawk midwife, mother and grandmother and I loved how she described women as the first environment! So obvious and true.
We know that what the mother eats and drinks crosses … Read more