Mabh Savage's Blog: A Celtic Witch, page 18

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Self doubt can be a crippling thing and believe me when I say I understand that not everything is achievable, whether that’s due to energy levels, mental health, or other obstacles.

But don’t ever let anyone tell you what your story has to be. You are the one who decides what you can do, or at least in partnership with those who are truly on your team.

I’ve just signed a book contract for a project about living a greener, more sustainable life as a Pagan. I’m so excited about this, as it feels like a great way to contribute towards our community.

I’ve also started working completely freelance, as some of you know. The first two months have been, well, challenging financially, but I’ve stuck at it and now have regular work writing about health and nutrition.

I have a lot of great support and I don’t pretend I could do any of those things without it. Thank you, and I hope that whatever your dreams are, that you have a way to move closer to them becoming a reality!

Online Beltane Green Festival!

Join in from the comfort of your own home! Saturday 4th May from 10.00 am. Check out the line-up:

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Beltane Blogging

I noticed that I don’t tend to blog about Beltane?

I was puzzled by this as I always celebrate Beltane. Some years that’s a full blown ritual. Some years it’s quiet contemplation. The year Pagan Portals: Celtic Witchcraft was released, I took the hopes and wishes of those from my book launch and performed magic to help those dreams come true, using the energy from Beltane fires.

So why, when I look back on my previous writing, is there a conspicuous gap in May?

Maybe it’s because I’m so busy doing, I forget to record and share my experiences. This is a good thing, I suppose. It’s good to realise I’m walking the walk, as well as talking the talk! It’s made me realise, though, that there’s so much more I could be sharing with you, the faithful follower.

This could be my resolution for the best turn of the wheel: to share more of what I do, rather than just what I think about. This Beltane I am:

Cleaning altars and refreshing sacred spaces.

Having a quiet, personal ritual.

Talking sustainability at the Pagan Federation Online Beltane Green Festival.

Spending time in nature with my tribe.

Writing.

How do you spend your Beltane? What would you like to know about Beltane?

The Eildon Tree

My May Day poem on the Moon Books Blog:

http://moon-books.net/blogs/moonbooks/the-eildon-tree/

NaPoWriMo Day 21: Angry

Don’t be late

Tie your shoes

Shut the gate

Please don’t lose

Keys again

It’s the end

Help your mum

Help your friend

Shut your mouth

Now speak up

Louder please

Fill your cup

Homework done?

Pens in pot

Eat that dinner

While it’s hot

Cool your temper

Cool your beans

Who knows what

That even means

So much conflict

Such demand

Emotions fraying

Out of hand

Is it any wonder

You get angry

Is it any wonder

You fight back

Good for you.

And long may

It continue.

NaPoWriMo Day 20: A Fresh Look

I never realised

How other people see you

So kind

So warm

So thoughtful

I need to slip

Behind their eyes

And look at you

Afresh.

NaPoWriMo Day 19: Opportunity

See a door closing

Thrust your toe, jam it open;

Crow bar it wider.

NaPoWriMo Day 18: No Real Use

No real use for these

He sighs

And plucks the flower

Now endangered

But because his land

Is full of them

He won’t believe

It’s true

A weed to him

Plant based vermin

Taking over

Invasive

He is unwilling to see

He is lucky

To have these rare

And valued blooms

Gentle white petals

Wilt and fade

As he muses there is no real

Use for these.

NaPoWriMo Day 17: Bean Bags?

Is it a bag of beans?

Who decided that

Tiny polystyrene beads

Were actually beans?

Are they named for dried beans?

Fresh beans?

Baked beans?

I don’t understand.

And why is it a bag?

It’s a seat.

A pouffe.

A tuffet, perhaps.

A stool, at a stretch.

But a bag?

Nothing is stored

Or carried,

Except its own beans.

Am I a meat bag?

Is the sofa a wood bag

Stuffing bag

Cloth bag

Spring bag

Bean bag?

I guess, to be fair

Polystyrene bead filled lump

Just doesn’t have the same

Ring.

NaPoWriMo Day 16: Hamsters

(Prompt from eight-year-Old Nathan)

They’re funny, they’re furry

They look so sweet

But once they see fingers

It’s time to eat

Hamsters are cute

Hamsters are small

They adore that wheel

And the weird rolling ball

But their little black eyes

Are watching you sleep

Creepy…