A joy of 'owning' land is others come. Unexpectedly L, who recently arrived to Holton, approached me to ask if he could release rescued stoats and weasels. His email address is stoatandweaselrescue@... He collects from far and wide from diverse stories of survival. He placed a cage on the east side of the land under… Continue reading Polecat release on the land
Author: kalikellett
Traveller, habitual writer, dog walker, East Anglian, woodland owner
Friends of Kaliwood – the count
A few of us were fresh back from Folk East, so we untangled Rachel’s string, and then choose which of the luggage labels of ‘Where did you come from’ deserved an outing. The poets Caroline and Virginia made the choice, a few of them here. As we did last year, we counted the sapling species… Continue reading Friends of Kaliwood – the count
Friends of Kaliwood 2025
Our first gathering after what seems like a long break and indeed after a long time joined by Pippa. NO WORK DONE. We just nattered, caught up, exchanged, drank tea, chai, ate wild mushrooms and chipolata's and admired the community garden and tenacity of Squashes, breaking out of their pen. Thanks Caroline for the heads… Continue reading Friends of Kaliwood 2025
Socratic Dialogue in Kaliwoods – Why does truth matter?
July 2025. With 10 participants from Liverpool, London, Halesworth, Gorleston, Wenhaston, Fressingfield, we spent 1.5 days in Kaliwood, in dialogue with the question Why does truth matter. Sunshine and rain came and went, we sat under the hornbeams, enjoyed some fitting Chi Gung given to us by Cindy at the start of each session; in… Continue reading Socratic Dialogue in Kaliwoods – Why does truth matter?
SD in the woods: Why does truth matter?
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Kali reflections time
Time passes. I still awake each morning and weep, that emotion still tight in my throat, eyes wet, such missing. I cannot believe he has gone. I return with the other two, eager to open the door to see how Kali is, and see him in my mind, rise from the wood floor happy to… Continue reading Kali reflections time
George – work-experience, and measuring sapling’s alive
Jonathan later explained how two people doing one persons work is not just twice the work but two and a half. How right he is. We got an enormous amount of work done, and it was a pleasure to have George's company and conversation (particularly with Jonathan on quantum theory - I was surprised to… Continue reading George – work-experience, and measuring sapling’s alive
Halesworth annual tree inspection
What a tough year for trees this is. I notice that 2 of Lisa's cherry's planted this year have died. Spoken directly with Highfield House regarding their dead trees overlooking London Road - report here HTC Winter Work (Lisa and Rachel) Replace cherry trees Saxon way (Lisa) Replace dead oak Durban Road (Lisa/Rachel) Replant tree… Continue reading Halesworth annual tree inspection
Kali – Gift of slate
Reuban arrived one morning (I was still in bed doing emails, far too late). He'd bought a gift, a painting he'd done of Kali on slate. We both walked to the land and he put it up, held in the hornbeam roots
Stoats on the land
They've arrived!
