Understanding Dying

Understanding Dying   Understanding Dying Death is the end. An absolute. Or the absolute end of the person who once walked this earth. The person we loved ceases to exist in their earthly form. And, regardless of what we believe about what comes after, the...

Herb Garden

Herb Garden   Our Herb Project What was it like, one year ago, in the old manège behind Homefield? The poly-tunnel, a lovely gift from friends was set up, and plants were raised there in spring and veg grew in it all summer. Top soil was bought in and two long...

A festival Review

A Festival Review   A Festival Reviewby the Dalehead household. As we sat down together, we umm’d and aah’d trying to remember what we had done for the festivals all that time ago …. Michaelmas, the first festival in the festival year. Oooh yesss, it was in...
Resilience

Resilience

Resilience The ‘Technology’ of Community-Building Many of you will be familiar with the concept of the Transition Towns, which emerged in the early 2000s. The idea was that ‘Peak Oil’, or some other global shock, could result in political and economic collapse....
A Year and A Day Magazine

A Year and A Day Magazine

A Year and a Day Magazine   A Year and a Day Magazine  It’s well known that times of confinement or isolation can provide fertile ground for new initiatives to bloom. At Christmas, a seed of an idea was sown in Castle House sitting room:  Why isn’t there a...