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July 2011, in My Garden Root Man was found in the bottom of a flowerpot that I was emptying into the compost. To be honest, he gave me a bit of a fright when I first saw his grotesque figure. He put me in mind of the legendary mandrake root that is supposed to look [...]
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Blame three things for this post and all that follow it in a similar vein. Firstly, I have been following a series of posts on this | liminality where Barbara has been meditating on 26 seashells given to her by a friend and posting on each of them in turn; weaving something of her present [...]
Filed under: Blogging, Inspiration, Things Found | Tagged: Creativity, Journaling, Knowledge Management, Nostalgia, Spirituality | 4 Comments »
I’m currently working my way through Louis Fischer’s “Life of Mahatma Gandhi”. I say “working my way through” because it is impossible to simply read about such a life without being forced to look long and hard at one’s own. One of the many things that strikes me about Gandhi’s life is his unending experimentation. [...]
Filed under: Books, Inspiration | Tagged: Books, Creativity, Food, Lifestyle, Reading, Spirituality, Vegetarianism | 4 Comments »
This afternoon I got a postcard … from myself. About seven weeks ago, I was embarking on the four days of heady alternative reality that was Greenbelt 2011. The good folk of the Feig community based at Gloucester Cathedral held a Communion service in the midst of a lavish feast for what looked like about [...]
Filed under: Art, Inspiration, Miscellanea | Tagged: Arts, Creativity, Food, Journaling, Postcard, Spirituality | 2 Comments »
I have been trying a new way of keeping a journal using the lovely little “storyboard” notebook by Moleskine. The idea is simply to fill a frame a day with some little sketch. This really works well for me because I am not a great drawer but I do enjoy doodling and the challenge of filling a 5x7cm [...]
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Sometimes I get asked why I am vegan. This was more common when I first transitioned into abstaining from animal products. Nowadays I am more likely to get what seems like polite and accommodating indifference. I sit at tables longing for someone to pop the question and give me permission to discuss something that is [...]
Filed under: Contemporary Culture, Environment, Milk Monday, Natural Living, Vegan, Vegetarian | Tagged: Animal welfare, Cooking, Dairy, Food, Greening, Lifestyle, Spirituality, Veganism, Vegetarianism | 2 Comments »
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