Greetings all, The wheel of the year turns and we're close to the midsummer zenith...how did that happen?!After two bone-dry months, the rain finally fell in Scotland. Lots of it, over four days, the exact four days I happened to be at Knockengorroch...
Greetings fine people, The fires of Beltane burn bright and the sun still blazes in Scotland. So much so that my elderly neighbour has taken it upon herself to water my fruit trees in the absence of rain. Very kind of her!This week's email is a short...
It’s Beltane, may day, a time of frolicking and fire, blessings and faery lore. Lovers dance and leap the flames, cattle are driven through smoke before making the journey up to the shielling dwellings in the high hills. Faces are washed in morning d...
Greetings people of the world,The sun shines on Belfast City, and apparently I'm "Leaving the Herd Behind' as I sip a cappuccino laced with medicinal mushrooms at Black Sheep Coffee.It's ironic, as I write to share about an exciting new development,...
Greetings from the Emerald Isle,I have been on Irish soil for only 3 nights, but it fees much longer.Within an hour of arriving in Dublin, I heard of the Gaelic concept of 'D'an', a kind of 'soul dreaming' whilst in conversation with the magnificent...
Sometimes, in this journey of storytelling and regenerative culture I descend down a rabbit hole, seeking relationship between lore and reality, culture, history and possibility. For nine years I’ve journeyed with the wolf. It started in the forests...
I first met Lynx Vilden in 2017 at a primitive fishing camp in the west of Ireland. I was unfamiliar with her semi-legendary status in the primitive skills world, only hearing of the camp through a friend, and essentially looking for an excuse to vis...
Has a story ever moved you in such a way you feel changed upon hearing it? Has a myth or wonder tale ever worked a subtle magic leaving you with the feeling that the world is somehow different? It’s happened to me a few times…hence I’m asking the que...
My storytelling journey started truly when I became a father. I knew that surrounding my daughter with stories would resource her well. Steiner, Einstein and other knowledgeable types seemed to agree about the merit of fairy tales and the development...
Ah Knockengorroch World ceilidh. Scotland’s undisputed, premier music festival to those familiar with such muddy foot-stomping field gatherings, and a quizzical mouthful for those unacquainted. It was a special year according to many folk. Maybe the...
Last week I was invited to share stories through in a country park outside Glasgow. The theme of the event was Scarecrows, and a number of community groups, schools and ethnic groups had participated in the project by creating their own scarecrow to...
Friday past (24/4/15) saw the successful launch of a project exploring the synergistic relationship between folk culture, and the modern socio-political landscape. Myself, Janis Mackay, David Campbell and David Francis, played with the hypothesis, th...
This is the online home of Wild Edge Storytelling, weaving myth, legend and oral history to offer a rich cultural experience for folk of all ages and interests. Inspired by Scots and Gaelic heritage, and the traditional Ceilidh in particular, we love...