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March 27, 2023
Review of Changing Paths
I had a wonderful chat with Hana the Suburban Witch yesterday for her podcast, and today she has posted a wonderful review of Changing Paths (she was one of the advance readers and is quoted on the cover).
“Changing Paths by Yvonne Aburrow is a down to earth and extremely practical book on the complexities and intricacies of switching belief systems. Yvonne’s words will leave you feeling deeply seen, especially if changing religions is something you have already encountered in your life....
March 21, 2023
Cover reveal
Changing Paths by Yvonne Aburrow will be published by 1000 Volt Press on 11 April, 2023
March 18, 2023
Changing Paths book launch
Changing Paths will be published by 1000 Volt Press in April 2023.
The Changing Paths Book Launch will be on Zoom, on 16 April 2023 at 11:00 am Pacific Daylight Time, 2:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time, and 7:00 pm British Summer Time.
Actually PDT, EDT, BST times!Email me at info@inclusivewicca.org if you would like to be there.
March 17, 2023
Snowdrops
Snowdrops in our garden
Snowdrops in our garden (Hespeler, Ontario)The brave snowdrops must’ve come up under the snow! We first spotted them on 14 March, as the snow started to melt.
It’s raining now so I think it’ll wash a fair amount of the snow away. But there’s a lot of snow still hanging around.
The temperature according to the weather app is 5°C.
March 4, 2023
the fire within
the fire within 
a poetry zine by Yvonne Aburrow
PayPal me $5 with your email address and I will email you the pretty full colour PDF and the printable version.
March 2, 2023
World Book Day 2023
My recommendations for World Book Day. LGBTQ+ and/or BIPOC, Indigenous, Latine, AAPI subjects and authors. All of them are brilliant stories.
“Ghost Squad” by Claribel Ortega
Coco meets Stranger Things with a hint of Ghostbusters in this action-packed supernatural fantasy. For Lucely Luna, ghosts are more than just the family business. Shortly before Halloween, Lucely and her best friend, Syd, cast a spell that accidentally awakens malicious spirits, wreaking havoc throughout St. Augus...
February 28, 2023
Borrowed, 2023
Some years ago, I started the festival of Borrowed. It’s on February 28th or 29th, and is a reminder that the Earth is precious and ecosystems are fragile. It seems even more relevant in the face of the climate emergency.
The festival of Borrowed highlights the idea that we do not own the Earth or the trees, animals, birds, and waters — we only “borrow” them, and share them with all other life. They are entities in their own right, flows in nature.
For the festival of Borrowed, you’re ...
February 27, 2023
Nature notes 5
Nature notes, Sunday 26 February, -7°C.
Walked by Hespeler Millpond. The fresh layer of snow was not slippery. We saw four or five swans. There were some rabbit tracks across the snow that’s laid on the frozen surface of the millpond. There’s also a fallen tree that was felled by a beaver. The sky was blue, crisp, and clear.
View over Hespeler millpond. The river was dammed for the grist mill just downstream and the millpond is mostly about two feet deep, except for the original river chan...
February 23, 2023
Belief in gods?
An interesting pair of quotes from Terry Pratchett. Check out the discussion on the second quote at @marget.inglis_witchcraft page on Instagram.
In the 1990s, many Pagans would say that we don’t believe, we know by experience. I think that is what is being said here.
I think Terry Pratchett’s attitude to deities and magic changed in his later books. In the Tiffany Aching series, magic comes a distant second to Headology (Granny Weatherwax’s word for psychology). In the earlier ...
February 22, 2023
Vintage nature notes 2015
Small beauties from Oxford in 2015.
23 March 2015
Morrissey and Ziggy snuggled on the bed this morning, washing each other. The flowers coming up in my garden (daffodils, crocuses, anemones, grape hyacinths). Warmer weather and sunshine. Blue flowers (chionodoxa or squill) growing under a hedge. Blackthorn blossom. Two robins on a gate. The birds singing. More light. Spring!
26 March 2015
A corkscrew hazel tree, all twisty and curly wurly. A truly psychedelic umbrella in the bus ...
