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Feb 22
1 min

Lent: a time to pause and reflect

I had to stand firm. I was a rod raised up, I bore on high the mighty King, the Lord of Heaven. The Dream of the Rood (8th Century, in Ol...

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Gordon MacLellan

Jan 31
3 min

Where otters once swam

"This is the place" a reflective pause and a challenge As this northern winter works it way towards spring, alternating between rain and ...

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Gordon MacLellan

Jan 26
2 min

Peaceful trees and mantras

the Peace of the Trees a mantra of trees and people Working with the Chakras, this mantra comes from the Peace Mantra Foundation. You cou...

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Gordon MacLellan

Dec 14, 2020
3 min

The Eynhallow roost

The Eynhallow Sorrows, Clara's Lament The little island of Eynhallow, sitting at the mouth of Eynhallow Sound looks peaceful. The ruins o...

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Gordon MacLellan

Dec 8, 2020
2 min

to speak of seals and murder

Brother Dagfinn's Lament the second of the Eynhallow Sorrows Magnus Erlendsson was the first Christian Saint of Orkney. His murder by his...

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Gordon MacLellan

Nov 27, 2020
3 min

The Unsilent Cathedral

The Unsilent Cathedral St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall Magnus was the first Christian Saint of Orkney. His murder by his cousin Haakon is r...

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Gordon MacLellan

Nov 16, 2020
3 min

Remember, reflect, respect

Remember, reflect, respect In an earlier post, we were inviting readers to create their own event as part of the Remembrance of Lost Spec...

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Gordon MacLellan

Oct 26, 2020
3 min

Remembrance of Lost Species Day

recite a litany of lost names sing the disappearing world light a candle for remembered animals lay a lantern trail through a wood

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Gordon MacLellan

Oct 20, 2020
3 min

An island sorrow

Once, however, Eynhallow, was Hildaland, one of the islands of the Finfolk, the people of the northern seas. Not selkies, the seal-people,

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Gordon MacLellan

Aug 23, 2020
2 min

Prayers and celebrations

When you look at the world around you, What would you share?What would you celebrate? What moments of stillness do find?

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Gordon MacLellan

Aug 3, 2020
2 min

Salmon, swimmer, leaper

Rivers hold stories, in their movement, in their rising and falling, their rage and their dark, still depths, from winter bournes to the

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Gordon MacLellan

Aug 3, 2020
1 min

Walk, wander, wonder

simply taking a walk, the value of that personal experience of nature remains and we hope so much that it will continue to be appreciated

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Gordon MacLellan

Jul 3, 2020
1 min

Make a Natural Choice

Challenging ourselves, asking what we can make of this moment of transition: transformation? Restoration? Stagnation?

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Gordon MacLellan

Jun 26, 2020
3 min

crunchy earth and celestial grace

wash myself in the sound of fresh, rushing, bubbling brook, that roots me, motionless to the crunchy earth of the forest floor, cleansing, l

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Gordon MacLellan

Jun 14, 2020
1 min

A spring of health and peace

Guide us with his Love Bring comfort Turn to our Father above We can't keep disrespecting the planet as we do Greedily taking from Mother Na

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Gordon MacLellan

Jun 12, 2020
3 min

Memories of Water

born out of my fascination with water as a flowing, changing but constant holder of memories as it provides the foundation for life

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Gordon MacLellan

Jun 8, 2020
2 min

Fine nights for fish

end the marine theme with a fisherman's prayer. With the state of marine fish populations today, a prayer might hope for other outcomes.

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Gordon MacLellan

May 31, 2020
3 min

a fanfare for bugle

in the clap of wings and the swirling flight of a flock of pigeons, the sudden summer scream of swifts above London rooftops. Beauty is ther

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Gordon MacLellan

May 25, 2020
3 min

Take a walk

I turn my head without knowing why, and in the seconds when this happens, I see a deer moving through the undergrowth. Or a mouse running

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Gordon MacLellan

May 18, 2020
2 min

Sitting among the trees

But I have been considering journeys again. Walking will do that. That is my experience of what happens when I walk a path and find a place

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