Category: history
Posted on October 30, 2023
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A very fast Monday Blog as I’m away for half term and loving it! Here are some pics from our trip across town and up to the Acropolis of Lindos and the Temple of Athena Lindia.
Category: history, Nature, travelTags: Athena, Athena Lindia, Doric temple, Greece, greek, Greek architecture, Greek history, Greek temple, Lindos, lindos Acropolis, pagan, Rhodes, temple of Athena
Posted on April 12, 2020
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Content Warning: Blood, donating blood, sickness. Inspired by the NaPoWriMo Website’s prompt to take a line from a poetry bot on Twitter and turn it into a poem. And tales of human blood, Oh, dear digital Shelley, these are The tales for our times… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 8: And Tales of Human Blood”
Category: health, history, mental health, poetry, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: Coronavirus, covid-19, Crisis, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2020, Legacy, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2020, nhs, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, politics
Posted on January 31, 2020
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As much as I would like to say something meaningful about the U.K., my home, leaving the European Union today, I’m finding it hard to find the words. I feel a bit numb; like it’s a bad dream I might wake up from. But… Continue Reading “From Europe to Eternity”
Category: history, observation, Politics, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: brexit, brexit day, Britain, compassion, EU, Europe, kindness, leave campaign, leave day, leaver, leaving Europe, politics, remainer, society, United Kingdom, writing
Posted on April 23, 2019
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Easter starts with a corpse I wrote I didn’t mean to be Disrespectful But the man dies In a terrible way It seems so sad So depressing A man who wanted Kindness Respect Compassion And yet received none Or very little Did we have… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 13: Easter”
Category: history, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: christianity, compassion, easter, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2019, jesus, kindness, napowrimo, napowrimo 2019, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, prose, religion, writing
Posted on July 6, 2017
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This beauty was in my garden first thing, calmly surveying her surroundings and ignoring my cat who was clumsily stalking her. I’m fairly sure this is a female; the males usually have a much bushier tail. In Norse mythology the squirrel Ratatoskr is actually… Continue Reading “A Visit from Ratatoskr”
Category: history, mythology, Nature, observation, pagan, prose, Uncategorized, writingTags: animals, folklore, folklore thursday, garden, magic, myth, mythology, nature, norse, norse mythology, outdoors, pagan, Poetic Edda, prose, prose Edda, Ratatoskr, squirrel, squirrels, thursday, writing, Yggdrasil
Posted on January 13, 2017
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Here is my ‘To Read’ or ‘To Read Again’ list for 2017. A Mystic Guide to Cleansing and Clearing by David Salisbury. I’ve read this already but am looking forward to revisiting some of the chapters when I have a bit of a clear out… Continue Reading “Friday Reads”
Category: childhood, education, gardening, history, mythology, Nature, pagan, prose, seasons, Uncategorized, Witchcraft, writingTags: birds, books, Celtic, David Salisbury, Elen Sentier, folklore, Friday, friday reads, fridayreads, herbalism, herbs, Irish, Legend, magic, magick, Mandrake, merlin, Morgan Daimler, mythology, Neil gaiman, Niall mac Coitir, norse, norse mythology, occult, pagan, paganism, parenting, plants, Reads, roald dahl, terry pratchett, Wolfsbane
Posted on January 4, 2017
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Merry Meet! January’s Pagan Pages is live, with articles from Saoirse about life change, info from Shiron Eddy about the Crystal Flourite and Raushanna’s Tarot Talk, which covers the King of Swords. My Notes from the Apothecary remains seasonal by talking about holly, and… Continue Reading “The first Pagan Pages of 2017”
Category: education, followers, history, interview, Nature, pagan, reviews, Uncategorized, Witchcraft, writingTags: barbara meiklejohn-free, Celtic, crystals, flourite, holly, interview, interviews, january, king of swords, magic, magick, occult, pagan, pagan pages, swords, tarot, winter, Witchcraft, writing
Posted on August 22, 2016
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Apperley Bridge Marina in West Yorkshire held a fantastic open day yesterday, to celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of the Leeds Liverpool canal. Kirsten Savage, my sister and wonderful cover artist for Pagan Portals: Celtic Witchcraft, joined me at a small small selling my book,… Continue Reading “Apperley Bridge Marina- Open Day”
Category: history, Nature, observation, pagan, Uncategorized, writingTags: apperley bridge, apperley bridge marina, art, birds, boats, bradford, canal, Celtic, Celtic Witchcraft, kirsten savage, Leeds, leeds liverpool canal, mabh savage, marina, monday blogs, mondayblogs, nature, pagan, pagan portals, swans, water, Witchcraft, writing, yorkshire
Posted on July 19, 2015
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Category: gardening, history, pagan, seasons, society, writingTags: antiseptic, gardening, herb, herbal medicine, herbalism, herbs, insomnia, lavender, magic, magick, pagan, pagan pages
Posted on April 25, 2015
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Facebook blocked me from promoting my piece which had an a image of the Cerne Abbas Giant on. So I sent this to Facebook: “I’m dismayed my advert has not been approved. It has been marked as having ‘adult’ content; please can you… Continue Reading “Cerne Abbas: A Very Naughty Boy”
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