Teamwork: The way we say tribal instinct these days
‘Teamwork is the key to happiness’. At least that’s what my seven year old son told me earlier and it certainly struck a chord. You see, when I woke this morning, I felt a little […]
Family & Community
Celebration of each other
I’ve come to St Fagans Museum to write you this. I love this beautiful patchwork of woodland, old stoney cottages and open fields. Ann once told me how she too loved it here, with all […]
The Global Brain
Have you ever heard of the Global Brain? It is a hopeful and inspiring idea. It suggests that humanity is birthing a global consciousness. You can see it in the expansion of the world’s population […]
When your Unconditional Love is Tested.
Do you believe in the power of love? The fact you have found yourself on the Cygnus Books blog leads me to assume that you do. I also imagine that your heart goes out to […]
Kerbloom! How to make flowers not war!
Don’t you just love the expression ‘Seed Bomb’ ? And what about the idea of getting your fingers muddy making them?! It can be fun and therapeutic – what a great way of introducing wild flowers […]
Wooding and the Rhythms of the Seasons
My birth name wasn’t Maddy Harland, it was Madeleine Wood, and wood has always played an important part in my life. A deepening love of nature Early memories are of camping with my parents in […]
Nature’s Blessings
If there is one book I wish I had written myself, because it expresses so exactly where I believe our souls are taking us at the moment, it is Claire Thompson’s Mindfulness and the Natural […]
The Law of Divine Compensation
As an expression of divine perfection, the universe is both self-organizing and self-correcting. To whatever extent your mind is aligned with love, you will receive divine compensation for any lack in your material existence. From […]
Further Explorations of the Wild
It all started with a walk from the Vale of the White Horse to Avebury with a lovely group of people two summers ago. As I walked in that ancient, symbolic landscape and shared the […]
No Dig Organic Heaven
I have been a no dig vegetable grower for over ten years. A kind friend of ours gave us some recycled railway sleepers that had lined a slurry pit on a local farm. We used […]