My husband and I have recently returned from visiting Windsor Hill Wood in Somerset. Founded by Tobias Jones and Francesca Lenzi, this community ‘aims to create a peaceful environment where people going through tough or uncertain times can come and reflect on life’. Toby’s book ‘Utopian Dreams’ is what initially inspired our ‘purposeful adventure’, so … Continue reading A Purposeful Adventure – Windsor Hill Wood →

With the Christmas holidays over and the decorations coming down, there is perhaps a sense of ‘getting back to reality’, or once again entering the ‘real world’. As my husband reminded me, the word ‘reality’ can often get confused with ‘normality’. Something may be normal, but on closer examination may not be as real (in … Continue reading Getting back to reality – a reflection for Epiphany →

In July I wrote about my and my husband’s plans for a ‘purposeful adventure’, a year of exploring a variety of intentional communities. As part of the planning process, before taking the plunge we are dipping our toes in the water. We’ll spend a weekend here and a week there visiting some places that may … Continue reading A Purposeful Adventure – Othona and Mount of Oaks →