Judy Hurst – In Touch with the Earth
For my final blog of 2013, a year in which I’ve discovered so much and rediscovered something inside myself, I’d like to introduce you to a beautiful artist. Judy Hurst, … Continue reading
Reaching Out to Inner Farne…
Warm and hazy. Just a hint of that sea breeze. Gift shops with highly coloured buckets and spades. Fishing nets and footballs. Postcards and sticks of rock. Seahouses is your … Continue reading
A Thank You…
I’m lying on the grass facing late afternoon sunshine, listening to birdsong and grass that rustles in the breeze. Every so often a visitor drives back across the causeway or … Continue reading
The Causeway at Midnight….
This is the first poem I’ve written in years. Usually, if I do write a poem, I turn it into prose, except for all those poems I scribbled on pocket … Continue reading
Lindisfarne
I’m stood on top of the dunes with the wind stretching my skin, bellowing in my ears like some giant conch. And all around me I have a 360 degree … Continue reading
Into the Wild…
“Cuthbert was wont to preach in those villages that were far away on steep and rugged mountainsides, which others dreaded to visit and whose poverty as well as ignorance prevented … Continue reading
The Lindisfarne Gospels
In July 2013, one of the world’s most beautiful and important books will return to the North-East of England. The Lindisfarne Gospels, an illuminated manuscript created in the early 8th … Continue reading
They came from across the North Sea…
They came from across the North Sea, sliding over waves in their graceful longships, outcasts and outlaws from the harsh lands of vast forests and mountain ranges, pushed out by … Continue reading
St Cuthbert's Final Journey 