First on the Agenda throws the Children’s fire into question. “Has the children’s fire just become and emblem for Embercombe, or is it really a part of the vision, and hence the vision?” This is a big, and challenging question, yet despite this it is given due respect and contemplation by the council, including Mac, … Continue reading Council – the children's fire
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Embercombe Council
This weekend is also a special weekend at Embercombe, because it is the quarterly meeting of the Embercombe council. The Council runs over 2 days. It is a non-decision-making space, which emphasises the importance simply of talking, generating ideas and holding space to work through and resolve issues relating to the Embercombe community. Read more … Continue reading Embercombe Council
Embercombe day 2
We awaken to peace and birdsong. Stillness surrounds us. Space. “We need to live in the woods”, I say to Pete. When we emerge from the van, and start our ascent to the communal yurt for breakfast. A thick blanket of cloud sits across the valley, the tree-line like huge mountains reaching up from a … Continue reading Embercombe day 2
The beginning…
Imbolc has just passed, signalling the first signs of spring. The ewe’s first milk swells in her breast, the snowdrops raise their gently defiant heads, and the bird’s chorus sings that spring is near. Here we begin our quest. An idea has become a reality. Armed with a top of the range (10 years ago) … Continue reading The beginning…
and so the seed was sown…
18 months ago, two newly weds sat atop a Cornwall clifftop. To their right, the open doors of their marital home (a ’91 Mercedes 609), and to their left, a blue-sea-gold-gilded horizon line… Her head on his chest. Sun-capped knee mountains jut above the open pages of her book, Jay Griffith’s “Wild”. She reads aloud: … Continue reading and so the seed was sown…
