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October 24, 2020
Where Is Your Centre?
It is an extremely grey, wet, stormy afternoon in deepest autumn. With a second ‘lockdown’ just begun, the road outside is totally deserted. I have just popped into the dining room to look something up in one of my recipe books and am sat in a chair by an cold,empty, ash-filled grate. We do not […]
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October 17, 2020
A Life of Many Hats
During my life I have had many jobs, many interests, and therefore metaphorically worn many hats; teacher, historian, dancer, writer, caterer, healer, as well as mother, wife, daughter, carer and so on. Another ‘hat’ I wore for twenty years was craft artisan and maker of miniatures for the collector’s market – in plain words a […]
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October 13, 2020
My Life On The Way To Somewhere Else
‘Can you just throw the dog’s ball for me?’ I ask as an excited Labrador rushes up and down the kitchen while I am busily mixing a large tray-bake of sticky dark parkin ready to go in the oven for tea. My darling husband had been walking past the backdoor, beaker in hand, to put […]
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October 7, 2020
Cerridwen’s Cauldron
October is upon us and deepest autumn has arrived. This is the month of the goddess, Cerridwen, Welsh deity of endings and death, but also of rejuvenation, rebirth and hope. The Celtic year ends at Nosen Calan Geaef on the 31st October with the completion of the harvest as winter closes in. In this month’s […]
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September 29, 2020
‘Dementia Diary’ – published 30th September
On the 30th September, my dear friend and fellow author, Ali Sinclair, has her first book, ‘Dementia Diary; A love story to the end’ published by Herbary Books. Ali has produced a charmingly frank, honest, sensitive, and very personal account of one woman’s challenge to single-handedly identify and care for her beloved partner who develops […]
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September 5, 2020
Access, Honour, Celebrate!
You can do something life-changing and life-affirming today. You can improve your life. You can change the world. It is really very simple. In Walking With The Goddess this month we shall be working with the energies of Math ap Mathonwy who will provide us with the key to access our memory codes stored within […]
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August 8, 2020
The Goddess Don
Greetings ! I hope that you and your loved ones are still safe and well? August is upon us and the start of the grain harvest. The seasons are turning and our challenging situation with Covid-19 still stalks us. But here we are. The sun is shining, the crops ripening and a different – but […]
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July 25, 2020
What’s In A Seed?
I was harvesting seeds today – the last plant of dwarf curly kale from last winter’s crop which I had allowed to go to seed purposely so I could do this. The seed pods have to be allowed to fully develop and then to dry out or else the seeds inside them might not be […]
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July 14, 2020
Walking In The Woods With Merlin
Greetings! This is just a brief reminder that the new July module of Walking With The Goddess is now ready for you to purchase and download. https://www.earthwalking.co.uk/checkout/ This month, Merlin the Magician is the divine archetype who will guide you on your journey through the Wild Wood. In this time of Covid-19-fuelled fear, grief and […]
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June 3, 2020
Glorious June!
June is here! A gorgeously inspiring month of flowers, light and beauty. With it comes a new module of Walking With The Goddess inviting you to blend and meld with the natural potency and energy of the Sun as we approach Midsummer, to experience a wondrously joyful dance with the Lady of Flowers, and to […]
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