Kinda Forest Family Saturdays, monthly, from 10am-1pm ‘It Takes a Village to Raise a Child" and we can BE that village together. It’s a tribe for children AND adults, especially those who are a child at heart. This tribe brings people of all ages together to kindle a community fire. Grounding and connecting through exploration of nature,… Continue reading Kinda Forest Family Saturday
What resilience, those tough Elders who rocked up on this damp, dull windy day in the woods. Our exchange on yew included a great rendition of 'I want to be like You You You' led by Nicky. The poisonous quality of the yew was described. Was this why Yew was in church yards, away from… Continue reading Elders 10 – Yew and Yours
Missing Nicky, embroiled in a telephone marathan, we embraced Holly Needing to keep warm after our cerebral yoga, we played the imitation Game, imitating movements around our circle. We took off, avoiding the mud paths finding a path without mud to the sunshine around the ponds. Here we drank in the sun rays, admiring a… Continue reading Elders 9 – Holly
A song written by Caroline Way, for Elders 2023, based on Norwegian Wood. (credited to Lennon-McCartney) I once found a woodOr should I sayThis wood found meI loved the deep coolIsn’t it good in Kaliwood Rachel says ‘glad you’re here'And she tells me to sit anywhereAnd I looked aroundAnd I found there were plenty of… Continue reading 2023 Elders Song In Kaliwood
Alice Eastaugh writes: We spent 3 days in Worlingham woods with the impassioned FS leader, Jon Cree. Reframing Stressed Behaviour in the outdoors – our own, and those we work with. Worlingham woods, a huge 30 acre area once belonging to Worlingham Hall before the Beccles bypass divided the land. (Modernisation truncating old land). Down… Continue reading Jon Cree – Reframing Behaviour
On the day of the 60th anniversary of the first episode of Dr Who, Michael Imison, the director of the first series of Dr WHo, visited us in the woods and told us of it's birth. Here's the movie - only for Elders to see, https://videopress.com/v/OBNHbkAL?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true
Studying medlers here, has made me ask for a medler tree for christmas, began Nicky. Autumn leaves falling all around us. Many had childhood memories, mothers making medler jelly and jam; I used to have a medler tree in Sommerset. So we wondered where the popularity of the medler had gone, for it had: the… Continue reading Elders Week 9 – Medlers
For many spindle was a novel revelation, first time seen here in the wood - we were spindle virgins. Useful for making charcoalLatin Euonymus europaeus - Lots of engineered garden varieties one with crimson leavesNature walks as a child, loved the shocking pinkNever heard of it until last week. Used to make toothpicks and clothes… Continue reading Elders Week 8 – Spindle
Two Samhain poems shared by Nicky and Leslie: when the crack between space and timetime to drive dream and vision..I am tomorrows ancesters, the future of yesterday We shared our Chestnut knowledge, and added a memory of our grandparents. My grandmother made the best bacon and eggsThe bucket of sweet fat chestnuts I collected were… Continue reading Elders Week 7 – Chestnuts, sweet and horse
