Oh dear, I just got my first lesson in writer’s block. I returned from the Green Gathering last night, and was over the moon with the amazing time I’d had, and fizzing with all sorts of stories and information, which I promptly spilled to anyone in the house that would listen, envigorated with enthusiasm. Then I did all the mundanities that anyone would do after getting in from a few […]
Those that know me may know that I had planned to go to the Green Gathering this summer, to do a 3 day first aid course, beforehand and then crew at the festival in the herbal/first aid van. That plan was interrupted by lack of funds a month ago, and I had to give back word – in short, I couldn’t afford the course before hand. Anyway, this evening I […]
This time of summer is rather a slack time when it comes to gardening: the time to plan and construct is winter and spring, and the times to plant/propagate are spring and autumn. Now however is the time to harvest and gather, to prepare and process. So it is with my still small herb garden. These long, lazy summer days are absolutely amazing at helping herbs produce aromatic volatile oils […]
So, I found out that I did well on my degree. I am no longer a student. The wolf will at some point in the not too distant future be at the door. Now is the time to put the first stages of my longer term business into play. While I’m not yet printing leaflets or putting up my website (which I have had ready since February), the most important […]
So, after spending an age pressing F5, and waiting for Blackboard to recover from crashing under the load of everyone else also hanging on the refresh button, I finally found out what my mark for this year, and indeed the course, is. It’s a high 2:1. I can’t quite believe it. I really should, as it follows almost exactly the marks I’ve been getting on my work for the last […]
Those who have have read my herb garden posts for some time will know that the only way to effectively grow herbs at Cae Non is to use raised beds. The first batch of raised beds I built were made of scrap wood and were rectangular. This poses several problems, especially if you’re using offcuts of scrap wood of varying thicknesses and sizes – getting the planks to meet up […]
Again, a dearth of blog posts has very much been the case recently… but it is not because we have been idle; in fact it is because out in the real world, we have been very active! But often, the best laid out plans tend to be different in their planning to their execution, and sometimes an opportunity arises that is too good to pass up. I had planned for […]
So, as of this weekend, I have officially moved home. It’s been a process that has gradually been happening for a few days now. Last week I came home for 5 days, then went back to Lincoln for the weekend to start wrapping up my life as a student there. Of course, I’m not going to be fully wrapping up my life there, because I’ve put down quite a lot […]
Today has been my last exam. It was my final clinical exam, and I had been psyching myself up for it for weeks – possibly since I got my dissertation in. A few minutes after the exam, I was told I’d passed. I can’t believe it – the emotions running through my brain are a mixture of relief, elation, excitement, happiness… and a little bit of a bitter-sweet emotion as […]
Another milestone made. Today was my last day of clinic. For me, this is actually more profound than taking my last academic exams last week. Clinic is where I feel I have done most of my learning, at least practical learning, and the kind of learning I will be using in my own clinic in the future. And, because we often work as a group in clinic, there is a […]