Author Archives: Inner Ventures
The Glory by Edward Thomas
The glory of the beauty of the morning,The cuckoo crying over the untouched dew;The blackbird that has found it, and the doveThat tempts me on to something sweeter than love;White clouds ranged even and fair as new-mown hay;The heat, the … Continue reading
Wind Fire & Earth Liguria Italy
Walking from artificial lightinto a moonlit nightof monotoned obscurity,I am drawn by the soundof a soft wind swayingthe shadowy trees.They whisper secretsinto my willing ear. The effect is poignantand wraps around me,like a warm embraceconsoling me to meetmy momentary need.But … Continue reading
Willing to Experience Aloneness by Jennifer Wellwood
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START CLOSE IN
Start close in, don’t take the second step or the third Continue reading
Sketches of a 1950s Childhood
The following is an excerpt from the book I am currently writing titled: It’s Been A Long Time Coming Rooks nesting in the elm trees soar in the wind above me as I roam freely round the farm. My Dad … Continue reading
Love as a verb
By Nimue Brown One of the ideas that Pagan author Halo Quin has brought into my life recently is the notion of love as a verb. She’s been talking about this around self care especially. Many of us find the … Continue reading
Filling The Hole – by Ardhan Swatridge, Nov 2022
“We spend our beautiful, utterly singular lives on making more money, to buy more things that feed but never satisfy. It is the Windigo way that tricks us into believing that belongings will fill our hunger, when it is belonging … Continue reading
The Meaningful World – by Charles Eisenstein, Nov 2022
Hi readers, I’d like to share some excerpts from an interview I did with Tam Hunt. Full interview here. I really appreciated Tam’s questions; some of them got me to speak of things I rarely touch in most interviews. It … Continue reading
Finding my writer’s voice – A poem
How predictable,those stuck patternsploughed deep.Pathways fashioned from fearin a fuddled brainfounded on the dull painOf a child’s poor parenting.Reductive habitsthat keep me smallStuck, shut tighton a blank page,With a NO of defeat. Until….. With a YES to writefrom flexibility and … Continue reading
CONNECTION
When your life feels too smalland your path becomes lonely,those around you are strangersand facing tomorrowis a mountain to climb,Remember the small things;the face of a babya break in the cloudsa flower in full bloom.Can you find somethingin your imperfect … Continue reading
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