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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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Gordon MacLellan

May 14, 2020
3 min

Defiant dandelions

a back yard perhaps, a scrap of lawn or a window and a view of next door’s curtains….

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Gordon MacLellan

May 7, 2020
3 min

Summer flowers and strange stories

In May it really feels like summer is shaking off the last of the winter chills and stretching itself into warmth and richness.

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Gordon MacLellan

May 2, 2020
3 min

Ruffled chestnut gentleness

you could get up early and shuffle into your garden in your dressing gown and fluffy slippers sit on a chair... and listen

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Gordon MacLellan

Apr 29, 2020
2 min

Dawn Chorus Day

Our bright and sunny spring seems to be returning to a more familiar damp and drizzly season but the beginnings have been made:

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Gordon MacLellan

Apr 27, 2020
2 min

Tell us your stories

What would you share? What would you celebrate? An invitation to write, to speak, to sing, to share….

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Gordon MacLellan

Apr 23, 2020
2 min

A curlew's whistle

Whistle the whistler, seven whistlers, The seventh whistler, Singer of the dead, calling the Hounds to the Hunt And the Hunt to the Hill.

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Gordon MacLellan

Apr 22, 2020
5 min

Earth Day and imagination

Today becomes a good day to look beyond our own socially distanced circumstances and find out more about other places, other peoples, other

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Gordon MacLellan

Apr 21, 2020
3 min

World Curlew Day

Curlew, curlew, curlew, calling from the wild, into the wild. Call me home, please Curlew, call me home.

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Curlew calls to open the gates of spring

Gordon MacLellan

Apr 20, 2020
2 min

Curlew calls to open the gates of spring

Have you heard loneliness calling? A fluting call, a falling ripple. Wings lift, hold, A sweeping descent to lift again

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Gordon MacLellan

Apr 15, 2020
2 min

Bats in Churches

brings together church communities, nature and heritage enthusiasts, and local people to create a shared appreciation of historic places

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Gordon MacLellan

Apr 12, 2020
3 min

Easter and transformation

The Spirit Herself stands watching, knowing that even She cannot help pull us from our chrysalis because we must be flight-ready

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Gordon MacLellan

Apr 10, 2020
4 min

The Dream of the Rood

Men bore me on their shoulders and set me on a hill. Many enemies held me fast there. I saw the Lord of All coming swiftly

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Gordon MacLellan

Apr 7, 2020
3 min

Buzzing full of words

For now, enjoy that early spring sense of things being poised: a warm season full of life about to erupt with buds opening, ferns unfurling,

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Gordon MacLellan

Apr 4, 2020
2 min

Considering dandelions

It’s not too late to think about dandelions…it is very rarely too late to think about dandelions.

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Gordon MacLellan

Apr 1, 2020
2 min

Seeds, flowers and optimism

Given the uncertainty of the next few months, CelebrationEarth! is going to hold onto the hope and optimism that lies within this season and

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Gordon MacLellan

Mar 29, 2020
3 min

a pencil and a gift....

This is yours. Your book. Share if you want to. And do not be ashamed of the mess you make. Writing, or drawing, practice helps.

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Gordon MacLellan

Mar 18, 2020
2 min

Talk, share, eat, laugh

Celebrate: take time to talk and share experiences: let your visitors speak, encourage them to talk to each other

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