There is a feeling right now of ‘between’. The time between Winter and Summer, or Vetr and Sumar as the Old Norse language goes, were times of fairly hard contrasts. For Norway and Iceland, the regions where the home cultures for much of my Heathen religions comes from, these northern Europe regions have had pretty …
By Sarenth Óðinsson, Board Member of Crossing Hedgerows The world is alive. This is especially easy to know at Crossing Hedgerows. You can feel life pulsing beneath your feet, even in the midst of Winter. There is life. Perennial food crops and flowers around the farm are coming back to life, with shoots beginning to …
Today I had the opportunity to speak at a public meeting of County Drain Commissioners for Wayne, Monroe, and Washtenaw counties regarding the clearing of the North Branch of the Swan Creek. This is the creek which runs through the Sanctuary land, eventually emptying into Lake Erie. The creek runs through these three counties, and …
by Sarenth Odinsson, Board Member of Crossing Hedgerows So much of the work at Crossing Hedgerows is about balance, and where needed, rebalancing. It has been that way since before Crossing Hedgerows was founded. When they moved to Michigan, the Cavanaughs came onto land that had been devastated by industrial farming. You did not see …