Sending you all love and seasonal greetings from the colourful wild swimmers,
hope you enjoyed your festivities.
thank you for the photo Stan Miller
We've certainly had some wild swims this month !
Fiona
and Tom
still keep coming back for more !
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Loch Maree looking mysterious on Christmas Day
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Visitors to the croft
All the way from Madeira and sunny Clacton family members coming together to celebrate Malcolm's Mum's life
thank you all for making such long journeys,
you are all real stars !!
thank you all for making such long journeys,
you are all real stars !!
Lewis, Annette, Chloe, Barbara and Charlie
well done to Lewis, who has never sat on a horse before !
and
well done Charlie, who has never sat on a horse before !
Have I convinced you both that happiness is riding
a lovely brown pony ?
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All three of our geese enjoying the winter sunshine,
unfortunately one died during the night in the shed
and is now buried in the orchard.
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A big thank you to Fee for organising the tree planting at the Spinney by Bualnaluib School and for designating a spot in memory of Malcolm's Mum
In a few year's time this site will look amazing !
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A big thank you to Janette and Lorna
for providing us with a wonderful pop-up cafe every Thursday, with yummy homemade cakes and soups,
tasty toasties and big smiles.
Thank you "CROFT FRESH CAFE", see you again in the
new year.
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2 Websites of the month
www.theshielingproject.org
www.theshielingproject.org
Lots of good things are happening at The Shieling Project, an award-winning, outdoor learning project,
at Struy near Beauly.
We spent a day there learning about small-scale grain growing and for me the highlight was the pedal-powered milling machine ! that's my sort of cycling.
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www.songsforthegreatturning.net
…to the Spiral of “The Work That Reconnects” as developed by Joanna Macy
The Great Turning is a global change of heart and ways of living, a more nurturing, appreciative and sustainable relationship with the Web of Life, a shift toward a life-enhancing human presence on Planet Earth.
Songs, especially when sung together and in harmony, are a vital tool in the Great Turning and a great enhancement to the interactive group processes developed by Joanna Macy known as the Work That Reconnects. They help us experience in the body our connection to each other and the planet, summon our collective courage, enliven us and inspire us to play our part in creating a life-sustaining society.
We present here a collection of songs that are easy to learn and sing in groups, at Work That Reconnects gatherings, in our work in the world, in our daily lives. They are grouped thematically around the four points of the Spiral, a conceptual guide used in Joanna Macy’s practices.
Click on a song category in the spiral above to see a list of songs exploring that theme, or use the pull-down menus above to go directly to a specific song. The individual song pages feature lyrics and recordings of the songs and each of their parts, so that you can learn them, teach them and pass them on. Soon this website will enable you to recommend songs to add to the collection and help grow this site into a worldwide resource to sing in the Great Turning!
Get singing !
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Lovey, dovey stuff
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Books of the month
Lots of thought provoking ideas in this one
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This is the first book on crotchet that I have come across with diagrams and photos that you can understand and
doesn't leave you wanting to throw it out of the window !
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Does this resonate with anyone ?
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Poem of the month
Did you stand and watch a sun set
or see the moon traverse the sky?
Did you teach a child to read?
Did you sing a lullaby?
Did you walk alone in wilderness
or laugh at lambs at play?
Did you smile at every stranger
and welcome each brand new day?
Did you write that "one day" book
or plant that apple tree?
Did you climb that mountain top
or wonder at a bumble bee?
Did you listen to your inner soul
and allow your heart to sing?
Did you hold on to your dreams
and realise your wild imaginings?
Did you sit and for a while just be
and let the universe unfold?
Did you count all of your blessings
and leave none of them untold?
Put aside that comfort zone
and listen to your heart.
Each day's a new beginning .
Begin that brand new start.
J
or see the moon traverse the sky?
Did you teach a child to read?
Did you sing a lullaby?
Did you walk alone in wilderness
or laugh at lambs at play?
Did you smile at every stranger
and welcome each brand new day?
Did you write that "one day" book
or plant that apple tree?
Did you climb that mountain top
or wonder at a bumble bee?
Did you listen to your inner soul
and allow your heart to sing?
Did you hold on to your dreams
and realise your wild imaginings?
Did you sit and for a while just be
and let the universe unfold?
Did you count all of your blessings
and leave none of them untold?
Put aside that comfort zone
and listen to your heart.
Each day's a new beginning .
Begin that brand new start.
J
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I think this next photo is just so beautiful
" A mother's love "
(posted on the Green Renaissance facebook page)
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Pause for thought
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After all the hustle and bustle of Christmas and the New Year it's time to give ourselves time to recover and rethink,
this next message sums it up nicely.
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Where's the best place to be on party night ?
under the table of course.
A big thank you to all who came to see in the new year
with us; thank you for your gifts of food and drink
to share with everyone but especially for your
kindness, friendship, fun and laughter !
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So, from Tilly who is all cosied up,
and Zara pony,
who is looking forward to eating her way through
another year
and independent little Wilma
and us
we wish you a wonderful, magical year in 2020
with everything that you could possibly dream of.
Malcolm and June
💙💚💛💜💛💚💙
