ideas that come to us in the middle of the night are always the best
In a half sleep, he dreams of better worlds,
And dreaming hears thee still.
— Coleridge
Following a dream, six moons in the planning, six moons in the walking, WynnAlice set off from the town that was not too big, not too small, collecting tales, telling tales, writ in the great book, Tales of Our Times, a book of 13 chapters and 13 copies, there being 13 moons in a year.
But how did it all begin?
Invited to Schumacher College to tell a few tales, our narrator tells of how it all began …
Sound quality is unfortunately very poor.
Flip Flop is a new book in the offing. Unfortunately it failed to reach its crowd funding target on sponsume. One third was raised, 40% if count those who paid direct to the author to avoid charges.
Flip Flop will now be published in serial form on leanpub as an e-book. Everyone who pays to download leanpub, will receive Flip Flop chapter by chapter, until they have the complete book through regular updates. This has the advantages for both reader and author, and the author can get feedback and interact with the readers as the books is being written.
This is how all the classics were published. They they were first serialised in magazines, then published as a book.
Once the funds are raised, Flip Flop will be published as a paperback.
Contrast the vision of the future envisaged in Flip Flop with The Country Formerly Known as London.
With 100 advance orders, there is the possibility of Tales of Our Times being published as a paperback.
From Rutland to the Mid Lands.
WynnAlice continues her epic walk, telling tales, collecting tales, as she walks from place to place, to be writ in the great book Tales of Our Times, a book of 13 chapters and 13 copies, because there are 13 moons in a year.
Six moons in the walking, inspired by a dream, inspired by the great Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho, who encourages dreamers to take the risk and follow their dreams, and not let naysayers deter them.
Solutions are many, not one, the failure of -isms.
Solutions grow organically, they adapt to their surroundings, as the natural world does.
Why is dance so important? Athena in The Witch of Portobello.
Cycling from John O’Groats to Lands End, we reached I think Edinburgh, we had cycled all day, and yet, to the amazement of the locals, we were able to dance all night and them not.
Tales collected, tales told. All destined for the great book.
Our narrator Steph Bradley, has a new book in the offing, but she needs our help. She is running out of time to raise the money for the book.
Please sponsor, please spread the word, tweet on twitter, share on facebook, tell all your friends.
If everyone who follows this blog, contributes something, spreads the word, the deadline will be met and the book published.
If every transition group sponsored and shared, if they asked all their supporters to do the same, we would see the crowd funding for Flip Flop many times oversubscribed.
Heeding a dream, WynnnAlice sets off from the town that was not too big, not too small, six moons in the planning, six moons in the walking, from town to village, village to town, with only a pair of red flip flops on her feet, and wearing only what she can carry on her back, WynnAlice is a weaver of tales, a collector of tales, a story teller, all to be writ in a great book, Tales of Our Times, a great book of thirteen chapters and thirteen copies, because there are thirteen moons in a year.
WynnnAlice has spent many weeks walking in the countryside, has walked the streets of London, now she heads off out of London, northwards.
As WynnnAlice heads out of London across Hampstead Heath, hints Camden may have its own local currency.
Along the Lea Valley, heading northwards out of London.
Janus, looking to the past and the future, the God of Transition
In Waltham Abbey, the Parish Church, all that remains of the abbey, in the ceiling, Janus, the God of Transition, facing the past and the future, surrounded by signs of the Zodiac.
WynnAlice heads off towards Cambridge.
Music Silver City by Susie Ro & Ayla from the album She and I.
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