This is what an autumn lawn should look like: It’s not a very good photo, but you get the idea. The leaves are supposed to lie under the tree, rot down with the help of the fungi and bugs that eat them, and then enrich the soil to feed the tree. The blackbirds flickContinue reading “Leave the leaves”
Tag Archives: Forest
Camping
We bought our tent last year, to go to the Greenbelt festival. Having spent the money, this summer we went proper camping – well, proper with facilities. We had a couple of days in the New Forest, then after an indoor break at my parents’ in Dorset, we went to our annual ‘ClergyContinue reading “Camping”
Climate Week
Here’s a contribution to Climate Week – yesterday’s sermon. Apologies to those of you who don’t like sermons. At least with a blog sermon, you can argue with the preacher in public. The readings are: Isaiah 55.1-13 and Luke 13.1-9 The readings today hinge on whether or not we can have hope. For the JewishContinue reading “Climate Week”
The Call of the Woods
I’ve been neglecting my blog. Just to keep it going, here’s a haiku from a less busy time. field soaring upwards and beyond the pathless gate the beckoning wood (The photo doesn’t fit the poem – it’s different woods – but, hey, it’s woods.)
Alex Mabbs 