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August 28, 2024
Come and Meet Me!
For those of you who live locally to North Wales, below are listed three events where you will be able to find me – and my books! – in the next few weeks. Why not come and meet me… visit one of these amazing events and have a great day out? It would be lovely […]
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August 6, 2024
‘Careless Talk’
A few days ago, we celebrated Lammas, (or as some call it, Lughnasa). This is the time of the first main harvest of the year, which are the grains: wheat, rye, oats, etc.. Traditionally, it has always been a time for communities to pause in their busy long-days-of-sunlight summer lives and come together. While the […]
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August 1, 2024
Lammas Greetings!
I would like to wish you all a very happy Lammas today, and for the coming days, weeks and months of harvesttime. The word ‘Lammas’ originates from the Saxon for ‘loaf mass’, the special baking and consumption of the first loaf from the new grain harvest. This is a relatively new tradition which only evolved […]
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July 22, 2024
Straws in the Wind
Recently I visited our busy local village market where my husband and I decided to have lunch. Sitting at a table while he went to order it, I looked around me. I spotted a middle aged couple at the next table and was shocked when the fellow picked up his empty lunch plate and licked […]
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July 20, 2024
A Work of Art
A work of art? Yes. Now don’t laugh! I know it’s a ball of wool… in fact, a very large, colourful ball of wool. And I know that we are still in the middle of summer… but all these colours and shades speak to me of autumn – of brisk morning walks amongst trees ablaze […]
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June 23, 2024
Merry Midsummer!
As a child I was always confused by the Summer Solstice and Midsummer. One is a solar event and scientifically predicted and observed; the other is more nebulous and coincides with St. John’s Day (John the Baptist) a few days later on the 24th June. This then places the magical Midsummer’s Eve (that one and […]
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June 20, 2024
Greetings for a Glorious Solstice!
After all the rain, grey cloud and chilly temperatures, here in Snowdonia we have woken to the most perfect Summer Solstice weather – blue skies and golden sunshine! And what a perfect time to celebrate… we have made it out of the darkness of winter and all the negative events which are occurring around the […]
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April 9, 2024
Just the Little Things
I chose to experience the time of the solar eclipse yesterday sitting out in my little stone circle. For us, here in North West Wales, it was early evening. Not much chance of actually seeing anything, as we have had rain and high winds for several days now. The skies were dark and lowering with […]
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March 31, 2024
Happy Easter!
Joyous greetings! Easter is a good time to celebrate renewal. The egg has long been a symbol of rebirth and new beginnings… it signifies potential for the coming new seasons. This year, especially, when we are all finding life more challenging, difficult, problematical or just plain heavy, Easter provides a golden opportunity to mark the […]
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March 27, 2024
Get Involved – Your Choice!
Easter and the Vernal Equinox are a time of new beginnings, of rebirth, regeneration and the upsurge of spring and the new cycle of the growing season… of the light, bright, active half f our year. Here is a gentle suggestion as to how we can all become involved in creating a new world truly […]
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