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A Gentle Sliding Into Winter | Living Joyfully As The Earth Rests

Late autumn beauty | A fairytale lagoon | Collecting spicy seeds | Kitchen micro-greens | A St Catherine’s Day pilgrimage | Little adventures | Gathering kindling | High tide | Reflected light In this hidden corner of north-east Norfolk the days grow short but are jewel-like, especially when there’s a blue sky and watery sunshine flickering through the birches on the heath. The Old Shop, as it’s name suggests, was once the village store and here it still sits, its very flint and brick once part of this land. Indeed the rounded cobbles of its walls may well have come from the beach that is close enough as the crow flies that quiet nights and an open bedroom window yield the joy of hearing the tide’s low roar. This is the home of Imogen Ashwin - artist, writer and muddler-through - trying my best to create a nourishing and sustainable life for both human and other-than-human inhabitants of this place. Taking on a wrecked cottage after double bereavement, losing my livelihood overnight and having to reinvent my whole life in my mid 50s has certainly shown me what you can do when you really have to. Not only that, but I’ve discovered that there is always joy to be found when you open all your senses and let the richness pour in. As we tiptoe into December, the weather plays tricks and it’s sometimes hard to be sure whether we are still in late autumn or whether winter has arrived. One day the sun is warm on my face and the next I wake up to find that Jack Frost has traced patterns on the van’s windscreen. This time, there are mementoes of visits to Holkham Hall and its atmospheric church on a mound, the woods, sea and a fairytale lagoon, a peep at the Ludham wild woman in St Catherine’s church on St Catherine’s Day (a saint I see as my patron since I was born on St Catherine’s Road), collecting spicy-scented seeds and growing micro-greens in the kitchen. Oh and a walk in Acorn Wood to gather kindling sticks. It’s that time of year again. If you enjoy the videos it would be wonderful if you felt like buying me a coffee now and again to help me to keep it going. Thank you - you know how much I love coffee! Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/imogenashwt Also if you enjoy the videos, you might like to subscribe to my Substack newsletter Bracken & Wrack, a magazine-style offering for each new and full moon. Landscape, magic, recipes, seasonal musings, the weird and the wonderful: there’s less focus on the cottage and more on the folklore under our feet. It’s delivered straight to your inbox, is free to subscribe, and you can sign up over at https://imogenashwin.substack.com. Another is due very soon, and there's a growing archive. There's a paid option too, that has extra content as a thank you for supporting my work. This makes a huge difference to me, giving me time to produce the newsletter and the videos on this channel (which isn’t monetised). On Instagram and Facebook you’ll find me @theoldshopnorfolk if you’d like to come over and say hello there.