Having an old cottage in the county of Cornwall brings with it some challenges, in the main trying to make a home that was built two hundred and fifty years ago for dirt poor farm labourers who were supposed to be out in the fields all day, into a modern home.<\/p>\n
But there are some things that it is more than worth keeping and the tradition of dry stone walling, building a wall with just stone and soil, is one of them. These cottages were built right up against banks in the hillside and digging out a pathway behind this cottage required a wall along the length of the bank. Building it up with just the stones one finds is rewarding. It is hard work and keeps one fit but also there is a rhythm to it, a gradual building up of something substantial and there is no interference with one’s thoughts. One is free to muse about the world, give speeches and compose poetry.<\/p>\n
That said this cold weather brought out the weaknesses of not being trained when a section broke away and fell yesterday, however putting it back up is a matter of effort. a few days, a few hours a day and all is well and the flowers can grow on it this spring and summer.<\/p>\n
In a way civilization is like a dry stone wall, always being built, malleable and when it falls it contains within itself the means for us to rebuild it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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