Strips of textile have been knotted to the oak tree near the St Walrick ruins in Overasselt (near Nijmegen). Not so long ago, the chapel was the final destination of pilgrimages. Undertaken by the people […]
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Coming home
To get things out of the way, I would like to begin my first blog with death. As integral part of, not in opposition to, life. Sweet foreshadowing of coming home, full circle. The western […]
Rooting with stones #3
A new home in an ancient landscape The Aveyron is one of the biggest and at the same time most sparsely populated departments in France: 31 people per km2 compared to for example 488 people […]
That special tree/plant in our lives is often rooted in a landscape of the past
One of the invitations that I give to my participants at the beginning of my nature based practices is to share a memory about a special tree in their life. I pair them up and […]
The Nanche Tree
My grandma has a nanche tree in her garden. It stands comfortably in the middle of the garden, making himself at home, stretching his branches as far as they can reach; to the south they […]
Guava tree
My grandma has a guava tree in her garden. That tree was already there when I was born and in all likelihood will continue to be there long after I’m gone. That’s not surprising, after […]
DATING WITH PLANTS
Or “three years wood wide web stories” I am 32 years old and I have always been single … in the eyes of my parents. I never introduced someone as my significant other to them. […]
Stories from the Wood Wide Web 