a Japanese moment

It's Haibun Monday at dVerse tonight and we are prompted by Toni Spencer to write a free for all Haibun. Here's how she set up the challenge. That being said, today is a Free For All…meaning, you pick the subject upon which you wish to write.  There are rules of course – (1) The haibun …

Room to grow

5 weeks ago I alighted upon a field in the southern uplands of Scotland in Lanarkshire. I have since then spent my time making tipi lodge poles, doing construction and deconstruction (nothing is wasted here). I have tiled floors and walls and slowly over the time I can stand back and see what I am …

New Beginnings

Here I am in Scotland. South Lanarkshire to be precise. In a Bell Tent. In a field. On my own. Aside from the community at Wiston Lodge that is, where I volunteer my time 4 days a week in return for wonderful meals 3 times a day. The company is good here and I am …