Breathe

    Out beyond ideas of rightdoing and wrongdoing there is a field.  I’ll meet you there. Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi –  13th C   Those of you who know me from twitter or facebook will probably know I had a car accident yesterday. No one was...

The poetry of stars

  It’s almost christmas, and I know from experience it can be a bit frantic. Enjoy your loved ones. Take the time to breathe, and contemplate the peace of stars. * The Peace of Wild Things BY WENDELL BERRY When despair for the world grows in me and I wake...

Photography & words: the peacock

      Peacock Display by David Wagoner He approaches her, trailing his whole fortune, Perfectly cocksure, and suddenly spreads The huge fan of his tail for her amazement.   Each turquoise and purple, black-horned, walleyed quill Comes quivering...

poem for today : 26.12.11

  In spring hundreds of flowers, In summer, refreshing breeze. In autumn, harvest moon, In winter, snowflakes accompany you. If useless things do not hang in your mind, Every season is a good season. – Zen Master Wu Men c.1230...

Craft : Cathy Cullis – textiles & mixed media

  Cathy Cullis is a painter, a poet, a maker. Chameleon-like, she shifts mediums with astonishing ease and rapidity. But what doesn’t change about her is her sense of the nostalgic, of gentle melancholy and mystery. Having studied both English and Art at...