Summer has come visit Sitka last week. We had lovely weather for some days in a row, and I spent hours wandering outside on the paths now surrounded by thicker and thicker undergrowth and wildflowers. The first foxgloves bloomed, as well as the lupins and the iris. Ferns unfurl in long stretched leaves that make…
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Summer’s on its way
Happy Beltane to all you reading! May 1st has been considered since ancient times the doorway to summer, a day celebrated with flowers and bonfires and dances, a welcome to the sun. I got in touch with this special meaning one year ago, when I found myself busking on the streets of Oxford this same…
Plot Twist and new explorations
Many of you are imagining me on travels across continents, but well, these are pandemic times… And plot twists are the rule! So, unexpectedly, I am still here at Sitka. As I write these words I am listening to an old song from Rita Pavone, from the 60s. We used to dance on it as…
Marvel stands its ground (aka Sitka’s Easter Bunnies)
Happy Easter to you all from the forest! As I enter my last week here at Sitka, I feel as free as I had ever been in the last weeks. I am soaking up all the magic around me, walking, dancing, listening, meeting new friends, and napping wrapped in the Northwestern sun. I am taking…