A warm and sunny Saturday, perfect for the first of the Autumn Agricultural Shows in Weardale, turns wet and chilly for Sunday ... though early walk avoids the rain and produces abundance from the fields and hedgerows ... mushrooms, blackberries, meadowsweet, dandelion greens and narrow leaf plantain ... plus a well exercised organism, ready for some writing in the dry, with the first electrically assisted heating since May retrieved from the cupboard ...
Thoughts wander to warmer climes, of course ... first to Tavira, then maybe some pilgrimming ...
Up at Chapel Show, an encounter with Ben ... who lives near enough but for some reason we only connect annually at the Shows ... Aloe Vera is his thing, along with non-duality and intense dialogue ensues, including information on author of The Field, Lynne McTaggart's latest book, The Power of Eight ... duly ordered along with The Field, which regularly appears on shelves in the various iterations of the Place to Be library, only to wander off in search of new readers to inspire ...
This morning's inspiration comes via the Brockwood e-bulletin and a video of Terence Stamp, speaking at the Centre, better known here for his dastardly character, Sgt. Troy, despoiling the fragrant Bathsheba Everdene, played by the equally fragrant Julie Christie, before getting his come uppance from Farmer Boldwood, leaving the field clear for the patient and faithful Gabriel Oak to deliver the immortal line: "When you look up, there shall I be; when I look up, there shall you be."
Meanwhile, Stamp is eighty and transformed into a sage, having been befriended by Krishnamurti. .. his book, "The Ocean Fell into the Drop", joins yesterday's pair coming via Hive, the ethical alternative, which contributes to the independent bookshop of your choice for each sale ...
....which leads to the general observation that the only real power we pawns in the capitalist game hold is in our spending ... and whilst buying less stuff is a clear route to individual liberation, as well as helping the poor abused planet, these corporate behemoths depend for their very survival on selling stuff ... if we have to buy, maybe we can exercise some ethical choices ...
Tomorrow forecast for return of Sun, handy for long stroll down Dale with September Wheels to Meals programmes ... maybe a little foraging on the way ...
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