Thursday, June 25, 2009

Daphne du Maurier's Cornwall


An article from The Times' series on Walks.
To explore the Cornish countryside setting of Daphne du Maurier’s romantic Frenchman’s Creek, choose a sunny summer’s day when the waters of the Helford Estuary flash like pirate gold and the roses and hydrangeas blaze on the whitewashed walls of Helford. Sunken paths, roofed with beech branches, lead between banks thick with ferns and moss. In the fields around Kestle Farm are hedgebanks of brambles, purple vetches and the creamy froth of meadowsweet. Amid such rural richness the modern age seems far away — the perfect time-warp through which to drop to the secret banks of Frenchman’s Creek.

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Thursday, June 18, 2009

The Ecologist Online


Congratulations to THE ECOLOGIST and Zac Goldsmith on the launch of their beautiful new website - Friday, June 19th. Link

Friday, May 8, 2009

Sunday, May 3, 2009

May Day and Bank Holiday


Tired Horse Bank by Thelwell


The Guardian has some good ideas on what to do to celebrate this holiday - without breaking the bank.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

The Story of My Heart by Richard Jefferies

The lovely STORY OF MY HEART - a long essay, really - is so refreshing to the spirit.

Published In 1883, Richard Jefferies' account of his soul's awakening describes how he placed himself in the eternal Now, and allowed the Now to become his soul's guide. Freed from the usual blocks to awareness, Jefferies' senses became windows for his soul, through which the natural world could be seen and which filled him with longing and love for 'soul-life'.

It is free to read at Project Gutenberg.
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Paintings by the Brotherhood of Ruralists, quintessially English, are the perfect accompaniment to this beautiful book. The beautiful image of a swan, below, is by Ruralist David Ingram. Symbolically, birds represent the mind and spirit, and swans represent the purity of the soul.
http://ruralists.com/ Visit the Brotherhood of Ruralists here - and enjoy their wonderful art, which is also for sale through the site.