Beltane is still here: you haven’t missed it. I like the idea of the structure and cyclical nature of the ‘8 fold’ year. Is a common them in Pagan/neopagan thinking and many, many ancient and world wide cultures and religions. From a Wildcraft(y) point of view its about marking and observing cycles in nature, … Read more
If I have learned anything over the last 40 years of action, contemplation, work, and reflection with nature is that is a source of inner connection and healing, just as much as it is the focus (rightly) of ‘something’ we need to help heal in itself. Nothing is new under the sun, and we intuitively … Read more
Today our young folk are out in huge numbers in our streets, and others are covering it on social media (and I hope national media too). It is so positive, and yet also informative: it takes children to strike, young people to strike, to start to make politicians to start to sit up and listen. … Read more
Bushcrafts is the perfect ‘doorway’ to the wild in Wildcraft. There are many definitions out there, but for me, it is gaining respect, skills and awareness that will allow me, you (and anyone), to pass through that ‘doorway’ with confidence. By the ‘doorway’, I mean that part in our minds where we don’t know enough, … Read more
I am writing this as the dusky night is moving in. There’s a glow in the sky from the departing sun, now below the horizon, and still lighting the sky but now, not the earth. It’s a time of day that usually sees us moving inside, especially in the winter, but has so much to … Read more
My work is connected with who I am: it overlaps with what is my purpose, what I am good at and what I also love. What follows is the Journey of mine to get to Wildcraft, so you know where I am coming from (and going to). What follows is also going to be the … Read more
