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2017-05-08T17:37:00+00:00

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Living and belonging where clouds go to die

Last updated on: May 8, 2017 at 5:37 pm By Elinor Prędota

Eskdalemuir is a seriously cloudy place. During one period, I swear we didn't see the sun for 18 months, and last 'summer' was a stretch of cloud and temperatures of 10-12 Celsius. But as much as I dream of dryer, sunnier climes, Eskdalemuir is a surprisingly hard place to leave. Read more

2013-01-21T17:34:24+00:00

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Land as Lover

Last updated on: January 21, 2013 at 5:34 pm By Niki Whiting

David Abram, in his amazing book The Spell of the Sensuous, talks about geography as a container. More than just mountains that enclose or fields that spread out, land shapes our views of the world, our experiences with future places, how we perceive time and seasons, how communities function, and how we relate the non-human world. Read more

2013-01-17T17:27:20+00:00

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A Place Within A Place: reconsidering what is sacred

Last updated on: January 17, 2013 at 5:27 pm By Traci

In thinking of Places within Places, and finding deep connection in an urban environment, it is especially important to consider what constitutes aliveness and how we define 'sacred' or 'spirit'. Read more

2017-05-03T17:26:02+00:00

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The Challenge of Place

Last updated on: May 3, 2017 at 5:26 pm By Elinor Prędota

Through the challenge of accepting what is here and now, I no longer cloud my vision by yearning for that which is elsewhere. Read more

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2013-01-15T14:50:13+00:00

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Eaten by the Nothing

Last updated on: January 15, 2013 at 2:50 pm By Sterling

Glasgow sat in the same blanket of quiet I'd known from my childhood, but this fog didn't feel the same. My heart didn't feel the tug of sadness in the grey. This was a different kind of quiet. Read more

2017-05-08T17:37:04+00:00

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The land does not belong to us; we belong to the land.

Last updated on: May 8, 2017 at 5:37 pm By Elinor Prędota

When I connect to this land, I aim to connect not with a mythic, misty past made up of 'the Celts' or other such imaginary peoples, but with the real layers of life of which the land is made: the human lives which belonged to this land before me, in all their amazing diversity. Read more

2013-01-11T14:37:17+00:00

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10 things to look forward to in 2013

Last updated on: January 11, 2013 at 2:37 pm By Niki Whiting

Ten things I am looking forward to seeing/doing/experiencing in western Washington in 2013. Some will easily connect me to that sense of place I crave. With others, I run the risk of being a white spiritual tourist. Read more

2013-01-10T22:36:40+00:00

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What lurks at the bottom of your garden? {Yeats, faeries, and the Irish occult tradition}

Last updated on: January 10, 2013 at 10:36 pm By Traci

Ireland is a land awash in folklore. Like waves crashing upon its shores, the stories create a rhythmic backdrop for life. They seep into the fabric of Being and are part of the island's DNA. Read more

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2013-01-08T14:57:33+00:00

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Walking meditation

Last updated on: January 8, 2013 at 2:57 pm By Sterling

One of my key practices is the walking meditation. Usually, I just step outside and start walking, and if a street or path catches my eye -- perhaps a corner I've never turned onto before, or one I haven't walked on lately -- I see where it takes me. Read more

2017-05-03T17:26:04+00:00

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The land is made of stories

Last updated on: May 3, 2017 at 5:26 pm By Elinor Prędota

Even though the slog of January, February and March remains ahead, it feels like a final end to the previous year, and a beginning in earnest of the new. My body and soul will still struggle through winter, each in their own ways, but my senses will tell me that the days are getting longer, the light stronger, the earth warmer. Depending on the weather, the first snowdrops will be coming soon, along with the sound of the oyster-catchers, peep-peeping their way back to their usual haunts, to poke their beaks into the softening earth. But until then, the earth remains asleep – Bride is still kept in drudgery by the Cailleach, Queen of Winter. Read more

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