The Apricot Centre

13th January 2012

IDENTITY

I didn’t for one moment think that I would be depressed during my first pregnancy! Christmas (which is never a great time of year for me) and being made redundant (a complete new […]

Have been writing this post for ages each time I start on I it I have to deal with something else, then more happens and so on, so I have to write more, it’s all stream of thought, rather than logical, also have […]

The Transition town movement believes we need to have a positive vision for our communities for the future – let’s say 30 years in the future – 2042 – when we have made a transition to a “post peak oil […]

For many years Marina and I have been interested in the connections between wellbeing and our connection with nature. It’s exciting now that we are moving increasingly into the area of wellbeing through becoming a […]

Marina will this year be running two course series which may be of interest to you this year.

The LAUNCH Transition Training is a part-time course for people just starting out with new transition groups. It is […]

What a burst of colour came through the kitchen door so I had to take a photo

Mmm! Love the sharpness of those organic Blackcurrants in this delicious pudding. Marina celebrating at Duke of Cambridge @dukeorganic

6th Dec 2011 (19 weeks pregnant)

Dependency

I am questioning my identity and how my life has unfolded. Will I make a good parent or not? Will I even be good enough? At this point I don’t know and don’t feel […]

We have just built a new wood-store and filled it up with split logs and boxes of kindling – it is immensely satisfying and makes you feel warm and safe just looking at it.  So why am I telling you this ? Apart […]

We have just built a new wood-store and filled it up with split logs and boxes of kindling – it is immensely satisfying and makes you feel warm and safe just looking at it.  So why am I telling you this ? Apart […]

To add to what kenton has said. I had been monitoring my basal body temperature for at least 8 months every day and had taken a course of acipuncture to de-stress me and regulate my menstrual cycle. I am used to […]

My first ever seminar in Process Work was a ‘Childhood Dream’ seminar with Sonia Strawb and Julie Diamond in London, in 1990 I think. At this time of writing I find myself more than ever fascinated by the patterns […]

Wow Marina would really kill me if she knew i was writing this. But luckily she doesn’t read the website too much

On the weekend of the 12 June Marina gave her final presentation of all her permaculture […]

I am a sixteen year old girl who suddenly has come to terms, or is trying to, with the fact that every day I am making decisions which will ultimately affect the rest of my life. Without overdramatizing […]

In spring we were asked if we would like to work with the Colchester museum service to create an allotment and an installation in Castle park in collaboration with themselves nad the homeless people of Colchester. […]

Being held in someone’s mind is no small thing. It is known to be a huge factor in child development whereby the child experiencing  themself to be held in the mind of their parent becomes increasingly self-aware […]

The Apricot centre was asked to make a dragon story telling seat in the school grounds from designs the children had done, only using materials from the immediate vicinity – aka Anglo -Saxon builders might have […]

Brick lane is a few minutes walk from Liverpool street station and is famous for its curry houses and Bangladeshi community. Hungerdown lane is half way between Manningtree and Colchester and is very pretty but […]

Marina filmed this on her phone this weekend. She said the atmosphere was particularly lovely. Apple pressing was taking place. I believe Harry was […]