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Zorana Goletic's avatar

This is wonderful and so interesting, thank you so much for including Eastern Europe, and hello from Bosnia

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Jacqueline Durban's avatar

Thank you so much, Zorana. How wonderful that you are reading from Bosnia! Isn't the online world the most marvellous thing for connecting us all. I learn so much about what our own history might have been by exploring the ways of Eastern Europe. I am ever grateful for those old ways being kept alive. Hello from the south coast of England x

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West Dean's avatar

Walking in step with Anne Avery and Oldeuropeanculture is a journey among the stars and the seasons. Lovely.

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Melanie Leavey's avatar

Thank you so much for sharing all of this with us...I’m so thoroughly enraptured by it all.

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Jacqueline Durban's avatar

Thank you so much for reading, Melanie. I am so pleased. We all need to be enraptured much more than we are! x

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Lorraine Morris's avatar

Thank you again Bee for connecting the 'wolf saints' and making them present and relevant on this wonderful Advent journey. Thank you for filling our basket with 'wild winter stars' 💜🙏

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Anne Deneen's avatar

Thank you so much! Just the right medecine for this day.

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Jacqueline Durban's avatar

Thank you so much for being here, Anne x

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Tracey's avatar

"His copy of the Passio was so old, it sighed every time he turned a page". What a glorious description. Thank You for another fascinating article, filled with so much history and knowledge

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Jacqueline Durban's avatar

Thank you so much for reading, Tracey. Isn’t that the most beautiful line!

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Robyn Ann's avatar

Oh you reminded me of ‘a basket of wild winter stars!’ When I made a twig star every day from St.Lucys day til (can’t remember haha!) except here they were a basket of summer stars 😉 today my herb was Angelica Archangelica

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Jacqueline Durban's avatar

I remember that! It was such a beautiful practice. I loved it. And I made paper stars in the same way with the inspiration you offered! Angelica is lovely.

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Robyn Ann's avatar

I might do similar this year. I certainly need to do something to get me back. Thank you for continuing to reply 🙏🏻☺️

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xap's avatar

"If we were weaving the withies of a basket to hold our winter dreaming in we would see from the darkling windows of our Marsh Church of the Shepherd and the Shrew that they begin and end in the wild flight of geese and swans, the flame of the forge, and the paw prints of wolves, and that the basket is full of wild winter stars." very much what I needed to hear <3 (as is much of this year's journey) Thank you

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Geneviève Hopkins's avatar

How fascinating, thanks for collating all of that information Jaqueline!

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