Co-creating a More Beautiful World
How does a community garden react when the worse crime of all is committed by one of its own members? In this post we return to where we left off, with the collective in the community garden still reeling from the tragic events that unfolded on the 27th December 2021. Trigger Warning: Violence Against Children and Suicide A small child...
This is a story about the community garden that I never imagined I would be writing. Yet here I am trying a to find a title that accurately reflects what the content of this post without falling into the cheap trap of shocking click bate. Tragedies have a way of remaining unspoken about, lest the pain and ugliness spoil the...
This post starts where the previous one left off, with me trying to make my way on my journey from employee to entrepreneur, on the quest to bring my radical dream of going back to the land a reality. December 2022. I was preparing for a frugal Christmas after months of living thriftily after I quit my 9-5 teaching job...
At the end of June 2021, I quit my stable job at the language academy where I had worked for 7 years to pursue a radical dream of leaving the city, returning to the land and embarking on a new vision for myself and the world. When I took that leap of faith, I had no doubt that I was...
Have you ever asked the Universe for something, something perhaps a little outlandish and unlikely, and then somehow had this thing spontaneously appear in your life? I have. In fact, it happened to me just recently. Considering my previous blog posts about ‘the revolutionary power of synchronicity’, I think this short tale is worth telling. Road Trips It all started...
Having a great dream in a lot like mountain climbing. You have to descend before you can ascend. I can hardly believe that three years have passed since I committed myself to this dream of moving from the city to the countryside. If you had told me then that in three years time I would still be writing about the...
I want to tell you about a beautiful book I have just finished reading. It is not a visionary novel, nor a ground-breaking book of educational value. Nor is it a book of exciting short stories or high brow literature. In fact, whilst I was reading it, at times I even considered putting it down, feeling bored and impatient by...
I believe we all have hidden gifts and talents that we don’t even know we have. In this post I share how, by following my hearts calling, I first discovered I could write. Written in celebration of the three year anniversary of this blog, I hope that it can inspire others to discover their own hidden gifts and encourage them...
Celebrating three years of the Shared Earth Living Community! It has been three years since I started this blogging venture and began sharing my journey from the city to the countryside with the world. What better way to celebrate than with a post dedicated to the wise, inspiring, generous comments from you, my readers! Three Year Anniversary Since starting out...
In this post I share how I transformed a sad and disastrous Christmas away from home into a soul nourishing time full of ritual, depth, beauty and good mince pies 😉 For many people, the festive season is about presents and eating good food with your friends and family whilst listening to Slade and Maria Carey. We have fun talking...
As the year draws to a close and we move further into the festive season, abundance abounds from all directions. The supermarkets are stocked up with all the usual Christmas delights and the shops are full of glitz and glam. The adverts on our screen show images of happy families with mountains of presents. Our shelves are stocked with Christmas...
Join me as I transition from the city to the country, following my hearts desire for a more sustainable life based on respect for the Earth and all the creatures in it. Let’s co-create a more beautiful world!
Hi Melissa, Thanks so much for your comment. You make some great points. I totally agree, we are completely unprepared…
Thanks for sharing your response to this community situation... Society doesn't teach us how to deal with these things as…
Thanks Em, sorry for the delay in replying to your comment. Thanks for you support and for sharing your reflections.…
Liv, this was a very difficult but very important event to write about. After reading… and digesting I have been…
thanks Kirst! :D XX
