Yesterday was an odd day here. One of the biggest power outages ever recorded in Europe took out the electricity and mobile phone/internet communication for the entirety of at least Spain and Portugal for a large part of the day. We were driving back home to Portugal from southern Spain, having spent a week inContinueContinue reading “Whispers of the Soul”
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New Beginnings
We’ve recently had all the remaining old pine monoculture cleared from our land. It’s been a long time in the planning, and a pretty momentous time for us. The pine was planted around 40 years ago as a crop, as it was on much of the land in the wider valley, and it was ripeContinueContinue reading “New Beginnings”
Community Power
This post is a celebration of both the land that I live on and the amazing beings who I am blessed to live here amongst. I live in a beautiful, secluded shallow valley of woodland and pasture on top of a mountain plateau, with a clear, bubbling stream running along its length at the centre.ContinueContinue reading “Community Power”
