Many moons ago, before children, we visited Dunster Castle. A National Trust property in Somerset. Just as a couple. The day we visited, they happened to have a visiting group of morris men. Among the group was a person wearing a horse mask. The jaws of which could slam shut […]
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The Story Teller and the Sea Serpent
Children need adventures. Otherwise they will have no tales to tell. There will be evenings, sitting around the table, or at the fireside, where stories will be exchanged. Friendships will be made. What stories will they share? There is a storyteller in us all. Some are natural. Others refine the […]
Read moreMountain children
(Needle-felted Fly Agaric) The books that are read to us as young children, help to shape the people we will become. It affects our style, our understanding of our surroundings, our references in the world. It’s little wonder as these books are often read to us over and over and […]
Read moreMachrie Moor Stone Circles
Looking out over the landscape, I could not have ordered more perfect weather. A remote landscape. Wide open vista. The chance to visit a pre-historic site. It’s purpose lost in time. It could only be windy and overcast, with the hint of rain. Perfect.
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