I’m delighted to introduce two new team-members who will, over the next few months, be working hard to make The Hedge School an exciting forum for ideas about building a new folk culture, and an authoritative source for information about the native myths and traditions of Ireland, Great Britain, and the Celtic nations. Our ultimate aim is to provide resources for those of us in the West who have lost our own ancestral wisdom traditions to reclaim a sense of who we are. How can we shake off the centuries of conditioning, readjust our worldview, develop meaningful connections to the other-than-human world around us, and reconnect with our ancestral stories in an authentic way?
Joining us in this work will be Anna Leach and Marie Goodwin.
Anna Leach is a writer and editor who has worked for The Guardian, Gay Star News and Time Out Shanghai. She has an MA in magazine journalism from City University. She lives in an intentional community in London, working to devise and discover ways to make living in the city healthier and happier. Anna’s role will be as Editor, and will focus primarily on developing content for The Hedge School blog.
Marie Goodwin is a writer and recovering academic who is de-schooling herself while unschooling her two children in Media, Pennsylvania. She has a long-term passion for traditional folk knowledge and the recovery of ancestral languages and stories. She wears many hats (archaeologist, herbalist, writer, mother), but her ‘day-job’ is supporting the online and logistical life of several authors and public speakers. Marie is currently birthing her first novel of historical fiction, but you can find her some of writing on
Personal Mycology and on
Shareable.com. As well as helping out with social media, Marie will be exploring the ways in which ancestral stories and traditions can be brought into new lands.
Bringing in Anna and Marie has only been possible because of the generosity of our Patreon supporters. If you are able to support our work (from as little as US$1 per month) we’d be most grateful. You can find everything you need to know about what we’re planning over at our Patreon page, here.
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Thank you for sharing! Welcome wonderful women. Because I live in the US and am consistently pondering ways to bring ancestral stories and traditions to the place I live, I’m especially excited by Marie’s focus.
Cheers to you all!
Welcome to you both! I am in the USA and love and follow Sharon’s work. So happy to see staff expanding and bringing your knowledge, gifts, talents and skills to this wonderful movement!
Thank You!!
Very excited to find this Hedge School…. I look forward to learning here. I’m based in Dublin, Ireland. Congratulations lovely women on putting this together.
Thank you, Adrienne! - exciting times …