A Resource For All Who Follow The Old Ways
To the manner born – the innate ability to be suited to a particular behaviour or lifestyle (a way in which a thing is done or happens, a person’s outward bearing or way of behaving towards others), by virtue of birth or custom and practise. It is in our blood, it is in our bones, it comes from our ancestors and the land beneath our feet.
(Originally published 26/01/2017) Guest Blog by – Clarissa Pinkola Estés | Do not lose heart, We were made for these timesin Essays, memoirs Mis estimados queridos, My Esteemed Ones: Do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about … Read more
(Originally published on 06/12/2015) “We’re surrounded. Everywhere you look you find masses, droves, gangs of unelected, unaccountable, profit-oriented individuals, corporations and new institutions surfacing everywhere, making official policy in areas ranging from public health to food and agriculture; from taxes to finance and trade……. the entities they have created have become quasi-governmental bodies co-operating across national … Read more
(Originally published 04/12/2015) The RSPB has warned that almost 300 of England’s most important wildlife sites are at risk from fracking after completing a full analysis of the areas of land that Government have offered to energy companies to explore for oil and gas. http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/protected-wildlife-sites-at-risk-from-fracking-warns-rspb-11364004509717 In 2013 the film ‘Promised Land’ starring Matt Damon & … Read more
(Originally published on 04/09/2015) Following the ‘incident’ of the dog, his toe-nail and the blood (see Welcome to the Earthblog) and the resulting need to get down on my hands and knees, scrub the floors, scrub the rug, scrub the sofa’s, I was feeling particularly grubby, so took myself off for a shower. Now the sound … Read more