new life will come…….the greening will return…..planting new seeds of ideas into the still and fertile earth…blessings on all the waters of the world…..love to fire…and the light that is growing

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Inspired by Soule Mama at www.soulemama.com 

Unfolding, tiny leaf fingers uncurling…..while winter still sleeps deeply…..this first yellow….a small Witchazel shout of joy….

my heart leaps also

We are delighted to be able to announce a rather exciting and snazzy little  musical venture between ourselves and Rivenstone – (a festival on Dartmoor, at the home of Carolyn Hillyer and Nigel Shaw). And so here it is – the long awaited CD of perfection:

From Tiny Seeds!

Featuring tracks from Rivenstone 2010 – it has an eclectic and rather wonderful array of artists: Brian Boothby, Pat Orchard, Carolyn Hillyer & Nigel Shaw, Seize the Day, Dragonsfly, Tegwyn Hyndman, Heretix, Tina Bridgman and Nick Marshall to tickle your ears. They have all very generously shared their musical creativity, free of charge, and we are THRILLED to tell you this -

100% of profits from the sale of this CD will go into our Seed Fund!!!! (more…)

Calling all Seed Fund Members!

We are pleased to announce that we have arrived at that happy time of year when we put forward our nominations for the 2011 awards. These need to reach me by the 14th October at the latest.
Nominations should be for people or projects that are working with, and for the good of, this land; who share a deep love and vision of a sustainable future for this beautiful Earth.
We would  like to hear about anyone, especially the young, who want to start a new venture and need financial help. We can Seedfund some publicity or enable them to buy basic materials. (more…)

Hello to all you lovely people in the Earth Pathways Diary community. I haven’t checked in for a while so I thought I’d take five minutes to update you on my latest adventures since the tall people are busy working on their different projects and haven’t shared any eco-news here for a while (actually, I don’t really know what my Mummy does all day – I think she must sit reading her book and filing her nails. Her pace is S..L..O..W.. and there’s a lot of wafting and sighing going on, but absolutely nothing to compare with my 100-mile-an-hour crawling/climbing/’hanging on to the furniture to navigate around the room’ antics). Anyway, Mummy’s semi-catatonic state has given me the opportunity to hack in to her computer (apparently everyone’s at it) and negotiate my way round a couple of blogs – this one included – to post my own perspectives of the world for everyone to see! (more…)

Today we are pleased to welcome another guest blogger to this space! Jess Bundy very kindly put in the highest bid for the last copy of our 2011 Earth Pathways Diary in the auction that we held recently. She was thrilled to win it, and donated the money raised in memory of her grandmothers Muriel Ward and Una Bundy. Over to you Jess……

In memory of Muriel Ward and Una Bundy

I was very inspired when I saw my teacher thumbing through her copy of the Earth Pathways Diary 2011. It looked like an expensive gleaming jewel enticing me to look inside. To anyone who was the slightest bit arty, creative or perhaps someone with just a mere whiff of earth connection would be immediately captivated by its pages. I managed to catch a glimpse of the title and web address and from that point I was smitten!I heard that someone somewhere had found the last ever copy of the Earth Pathways Diary for 2011. It was being auctioned and I wanted it. So I put in a bid. Of course I wanted to look inside and feast on the art work and words that adorned its pages. I also saw this as an opportunity to support a fantastic charity in memory of my grandmother Muriel Ward. Muriel passed away in November 2010 very sadly with dementia. She was 94 years old. (more…)

Once again we are really pleased to welcome one of our guest bloggers, Fuggo King of Woodland Treasures. Fuggo sent us this wonderful blog post offering a little while ago but what with the excitement of the new diary launch this is the first opportunity we have had to post it here! Apologies, Fuggo – your wonderful musings upon our roles in life is presented here!….

Our recent trip south to see family also included working at a craft fair over the Easter weekend. This way we pay for our trip, combine business and pleasure and make the connections in our busy and eclectic lifestyle. (more…)

Hello dairy friends, we are sending Midsummer Solstice blessings from the Earth Pathways team, scattered as we are, up and down the U.K, and all doing our own special things today. This includes seeing the sun rise at Stonehenge, making magical gardens in the Greenfields site at Glastonbury festival, and for us in Stroud, meeting tonight at the Red Hearth House – a beautiful space set up by one of our contributors for women to come and drum, sing, and be together.

So a gathering I went this morning, to our little nature reserve a minutes walk from my house, as we are planning to make a mandala with midsummer plants and leaves. I picked Oak and Holly leaves, some baby Rowan berries, and some dark mother Beech leaves.

Oh, and I also sniffed out some newly flowering Sweet Woodruffe which I plan to infuse into some delicious dessert wine for a little pep-me-up tonic. I found myself thinking too about Da Witches from Sensory Solutions (they are gloriously quirky diary contributors!) who showed us how to pick lime blossoms at the Solstice for calming teas – and I wouldn’t be a proper witch without those herby teas on hand in my kitchen at any given moment hey??

So that has been my Midsummer morning so far, with the sun bravely trying to push through stormy clouds over our valley. Wishing you all boldness, firey hearts and full stories……whatever your plans.