Elen Sentier's Blog, page 2
January 1, 2016
Being Knitted …
One of my students, Joanne, wrote this poem as she was making her Crane Bag. It’s all about working-with the goddess and I love it, I feel it’s just perfect for this season of the year. We all need to... Continue Reading →
December 30, 2015
Why do we read fiction?
Excellent blog from Nimue Brown at John Hunt Publishing. I really enjoyed this, we all read for so many different reasons, on different days, times of year, feelings … the list is endless. But what it does say to me... Continue Reading →
December 26, 2015
A knee, a boulder, and a geologist
Excellent blog about how writing inspiration can come and how it brought Ben Dolphin to the beginnings of our Earth and her geology. Creation and destruction as the cycle of life, and Neptunism and Plutonism containing the elements of the... Continue Reading →
December 25, 2015
British myths and magic: Looking beyond the everyday
Good blog from Cath Everett on My great British Adventure … One of the interesting things about a solstice, whether you’re talking about winter or summer, is that it’s the only time in the entire year when the sun appears... Continue Reading →
December 23, 2015
Midwinter
Midwinter blog from Suzi Crockford “If we are to have peace on Earth we must develop a world perspective… All life is inter-related. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever... Continue Reading →
December 15, 2015
Taleweaving: Teaching Tales
A guest post I did for Nimue Brown’s blog Druid Life Folk and fairy tales have come down to us through the ages. They continue to be birth themselves today with modern authors like Terri Windling’s The Wood Wife, and... Continue Reading →
December 13, 2015
The Snark is a Boojum …
On the COP … well … I began my personal crusade about global warming back in the late 1960s and early 70s when I first read Lovelock’s Gaia principle. Perhaps, if anyone had taken notice and done things then we... Continue Reading →
December 9, 2015
Lovely guest blog on dark literature from Melusine Draco ...
Lovely guest blog on dark literature from Melusine Draco on Sheena Cundy’s blog … “You’ll enjoy these,” said my friend. “Couple of them are a bit on the dark side.” Being of a Gothic-bent in my youth I do... Continue Reading →
Uncle Fuckykins And The Moor Of Doom
Fun blog from Tom Cox about a walk he did on Dartmoor … I was trying unsuccessfully to find some picture hooks so I thought I’d have a look in a drawer in my garage. I’d not been in there... Continue Reading →
December 8, 2015
Talking about books by Nimue Brown
good blog by Nimue Brown and it’s a good book :-) I spend a lot of time talking about books. Partly because, some of the time, it’s my job to do so. How cool is that? I also spend a... Continue Reading →
