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The Almanac - A Seasonal Guide to 2021 (Hardcover)
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The Almanac - A Seasonal Guide to 2021 (Hardcover)
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'The perfect companion to the seasons' - India Knight Welcome to
The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2021. If you are new to The
Almanac then welcome; if you are a regular reader then hello! The
Almanac is about celebrating the unfolding year in all its various
facets. The old dependables which I include every year are back:
moon phases, sun rises and sets, tide time tables and the sky at
night. As ever there are seasonal recipes and monthly gardening
tips for the flower and vegetable garden too, as well as a bit of
folklore, and nature and a song for each month. This year's edition
has a theme: movement, migration and pilgrimage. This was not a
reaction to the unsettling events of last year - it was half
written by the time Covid-19 hit - but writing it from lockdown did
give me a heightened appreciation of the way in which Britain and
Ireland have always and continue to be places of movement, and are
intimately connected to the rest of the world. You will find within
this book migration tales for each month of this year, but I have
also searched out seasonal tales of human movement, and included a
pilgrimage for each month, some ancient, some current, all
underlining the spiritual benefits of putting one foot in front of
the other. Every month I have included a method of navigating using
the stars, sun or moon, so you can find your way around in the dark
(or just look out of your window and know where south is). And our
monthly folk songs are all shanties this year, work songs with
movement at their very heart, created to coordinate muscle power to
drive sailing ships backwards and forwards across the Atlantic
Ocean, and containing influences from the eastern seaboard of the
US down to the Caribbean and beyond mixed with British and Irish
folk traditions. These songs are stitched through with movement and
travel, as is this Almanac. PRAISE FOR THE ALMANAC: A SEASONAL
GUIDE 'This book is your bible' - The Independent 'An ideal
stocking filler' - The English Garden 'I love this gem of a book' -
Cerys Matthews 'Indispensable' - Sir Bob Geldof 'An uplifting
nature-inspired guide' - Country & Town House magazine
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Imprint: |
Mitchell Beazley
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2020 |
Authors: |
Lia Leendertz
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Dimensions: |
180 x 114 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78472-634-8 |
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