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Crone
10 hours ago1 min read
An evening with new friends
Some weeks ago, a woman I have met a few times walking at Cottesbrooke told me there was an old oak near the village, so I went for a...
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Crone
1 day ago2 min read
The wait was worth it
There's a really big oak tree at the Reserve that I have wanted to climb since I first saw it. I had put a big tube against the trunk as...
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Crone
2 days ago2 min read
Finally, an explanation!
For years I have been unable to understand what Nietzsche was on about with that Super-Man concept. But, in a piece about the...
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Crone
3 days ago1 min read
Tough love
Near the Mother Oak, a lot of trees have been felled. Mainly pines, birches, and a sycamore. Also maybe an oak. I had reported trees here...
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Crone
4 days ago1 min read
Love?
On the same day as I visited the Mother Oak, I had better access than usual to jays. Which made me very happy. Such beautiful birds! the...
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Crone
5 days ago2 min read
Back to the Mother Oak
I met this tree just after I destroyed my last car in a ford and was feeling pretty shit. It was summer and the tree was incredible. i...
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Crone
6 days ago1 min read
At the end of the day
I don't know what to say. I mean, really: I don't know what to say. I don't know who I am, what I'm doing, what I'm going to do, what I...
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Crone
Mar 111 min read
Garden goings on
Thankfully, I have had the occasions few minutes with Tane. I've heard that already there are reports of baby robins and blackbirds, I'm...
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Crone
Mar 101 min read
Beetle runes
Just look at this!!! The bark has decomposed and the wood shows the tunnels of bark beetles. Is this not exquisite? But it's not only...
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Crone
Mar 91 min read
Barking mad
Don't you think these images would make a lovely coffee table book? I have literally hundreds of them. It may not surprise you to read...
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Crone
Mar 81 min read
Low light
We've had a run of sunny days. Next door's hawthorn has some flowers. There is ice on the birds' water saucers in the mornings, but the...
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Crone
Mar 71 min read
Run away!!
That is, essentially, what they do. You know, I just want to tell them I'm vegan and opposed to all forms of hunting... but there remains...
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Crone
Mar 61 min read
Beauty and the beast
I guess this is kind of related to the idea of love and death. Anyway, the starling's shimmer always stuns me - as does the iridescence...
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Crone
Mar 51 min read
The oddities
So, the blue tits aren't so very odd. The dunnocks are - with their "semaphore" wing flirtation. And the robins... I can't work out...
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Crone
Mar 41 min read
Thinking in place
There's something about my mood of anxiety and depression that leads me to want to be outdoors and specifically to visit Kairos. So I...
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Crone
Mar 31 min read
City light
The other day I was trying to explain to my brother how I love London. The buildings, theatres, galleries, the restaurants and the parks,...
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Crone
Mar 21 min read
Owl flight
A raven one day, an owl the next. The creatures of night, darkness, death, and wisdom. This was truly magical. I caught sight of a large...
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Crone
Mar 11 min read
Under the sequoia
I have already mentioned the visit to the old church. While I was there, I sat under the sequoia and let things happen. And what happened...
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Crone
Feb 281 min read
At home in the ruins
A somewhat disturbing find at the ruined church. Someone had positioned stones fallen from the wall to make a kind of enclosed altar for...
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Crone
Feb 271 min read
Storm undoing
Check out Tane with his cool windblown look! Yes, it was stormy - as you will see... hear... from the video in a moment. I've been...
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