An emergency call in the mountains
The group hill walk on Sunday 4 February 2018 on Meall a’ Ghiubhais in the Torridon area was wonderful: lots of snow, bright sunshine, little wind. We descended at leisure, contented, pleasantly tired. Lower down
The Encroaching Chill of Fog, A Dangerous Episode on the Mountains that Ended Well
Hillwalking is potentially dangerous. On a Sunday group walk in August 2019 this became tangibly clear. I had chosen Ben Mòr Coigach for the walk, a beautiful low mountain just north of Ullapool, famous for
It all started when the Wizard met the Elf King….
Being a hippi in Santa Cruz , CA in the early 70s, taking courses in metaphysics and Native American history…barefoot…vegetarian…meditating, …herbs & healing… (or as my Dad called me…a vegetating meditarian, He was New England
My experience in the Caring Community Circle
My first experience of care in our Community was when I came to live here in the late 1990's and I was invited to help look after Joanie, Eileen's closest friend. Joanie was in the
Alanna Group – Death and Dying in Community
The history of a community volunteer group learning about death and dying themselves and then offering their support to others. In 1998 the Findhorn Foundation held a conference 'Conscious Living-Conscious Dying'. After the conference the
Findhorn Noir
Tap Tap Tap (sound of hammer and chisel) I’m cutting stone from the top of my scaffold overlooking palms over the Alabama Gulf coast. It's a 120 year old Opera house that I’m working on.
My Time with George and Frances
My time at Findhorn was significant for me because it was an experience in architectural design and construction that I would never have anywhere else. In June 1976, while visiting Findhorn on a cycling trip
The Story of My Soul Name ~ Ceolanna ~ She Who Brings Gifts of the Soul
From 2004 to 2007, I lived and worked at the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland, where I had the pleasure of meeting artist Phyllida Anam-Aire, a beautiful, ageless Celtic woman from Ireland. My study group met
How I Came to Findhorn in 1972
Kathy and Neil In 1972, I was hitchhiking around Europe on my own, and met Catherine Christensen in the beach parking lot at Biarritz, France. She was going to a Krishnamurti conference in
Cluny: The coach party days
When the Foundation purchased Cluny Hill Hotel in autumn 1975 it came with one big caveat: to honor the coach parties who had booked the previous summer. Oh, boy! Peter was of course thoroughly game
