Re-wilding at Knepp has brought back the sounds of old England. The magic of a dawn chorus with echoes of Eden remind us of yesteryear.
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Cautious Spring with John Clare
After a February fill-dyke of too much rain, we turn the page in John Clare’s Shepherd’s Calendar only to find that March wildly comes with its many weathers, bringing with it a cautious Spring.
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Some mindful moments of a winter day lit up by glorious sunshine. As the sun sets, a stillness rests over our village. We end our day with Wordsworth for a cottage fireside evening.
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Continue reading “The Wonder of Wild Woods”A few steps into the wild wood switched my expectancy. Its silence, which was really the amalgamated sound of its murmurings and snapping, instantly transformed me from adventurer to contemplative. Woods are places to get lost in the books used to say to children.
Ronald Blythe