Posted in A Briton in Italy, tagged Awen, Druidry, Kiai Jutsu, Shout, Shouting, The art of shouting on 8 May, 2008 | No Comments »
As I stood outside my son’s primary school at the end of the school day, children ran around joyfully under the bright sun, parents chatted among themselves, and a young pre-school toddler played with his older brother.
The toddler ran towards the road, a car was driving along it. He was too far away for any of [...]
Posted in A Briton in Italy, Wheel of the year, tagged April 25th, Bella Ciao, Festa della Liberazione, Italian Liberation day, Risiera di San Sabba, Trieste on 26 April, 2008 | No Comments »
In Italy April 25th is the day which marks its Second World War liberation by Allied troops. It’s a national day of remembrance for those who fell in the just cause and especially for those fallen who served as partisans in the Italian resistance movement.
And on this day, although Trieste was actually liberated on May [...]
Posted in A Briton in Italy, tagged Capsulamundi, ecopods, Italy, Natural burial, natural burial grounds on 17 March, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Continuing with the forestry thought a number of months ago a Britain based friend and I were discussing Natural Burial Grounds. I had never heard of them previously and was immediately struck by the beauty of the idea.
I know now that there are quite a number of sites within the British Isles. The idea inspires [...]
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