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Posted on September 2, 2019
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I’ve spent the summer holidays in a bit of a daze. We had an amazing honeymoon in Rhodes, and, quite frankly, didn’t really want to come back. The sting of returning to a seemingly increasingly miserable country was somewhat assuaged by getting to spend…
Category: childhood, mental health, parentingTags: anxiety, autumn, back to school, childhood, children, Depression, fall, family, kids, mental health, monday blogs, monday Motivation, mondayblogs, Motivation, pagan, school, September, term time, writing
Posted on April 8, 2019
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Do I let the cats heal me? Press their tiny beans Into my sore muscles Again and again A much needed kneading. Do I let their meowing Cacaphony Chase away the Twittering birds of brain. Do I let the earthquake rumble Of purring Ground…
Category: health, mental health, Nature, poetry, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: animal healing, animals, cats, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2019, health, mental health, monday, monday blogs, mondayblogs, napowrimo, napowrimo 2019, pets, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, writing
Posted on March 4, 2019
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We went to Hornsea this weekend. It’s where my fiancé’s parents live, so we go fairly often. It’s almost inevitable that we’ll end up on the beach. Even when the kids don’t demand it, I do! And the dog has two walks a day…
Category: childhood, Nature, observation, parenting, Uncategorized, writingTags: children, kids, monday, monday blogs, mondayblogs, parenting, seaside, yorkshire
Posted on February 4, 2019
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I felt happy several times this weekend. Playing with my little girl. Hearing her laugh. Watching her grow. Seeing friends. Chatting. Sharing. Unwinding. Watching Buffy. Chilling. Escaping. Yet as I fell asleep, or tried to, on Sunday night, all I could think about was…
Category: health, mental health, observation, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: anxiety, Depression, mental health, monday, monday blogs, mondayblogs, writing
Posted on January 14, 2019
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There aren’t many more exciting things than baby’s firsts. First words or signs because you realise they have new ways of communicating with you. First teeth, as it opens up new culinary possibilities, and means teething and the pain that goes with it is…
Category: childhood, observation, parenting, Uncategorized, writingTags: babies, childhood, children, first steps, growing up, human nature, kids, monday, monday blogs, monday Motivation, mondayblogs, parenting, walking
Posted on October 2, 2017
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Some time back Nathan (seven) and I decided we wanted something in the front hall way that brightened the place up, and showed the changing of the seasons. I dug out this lovely, eastern style lantern with different nature images on each panel, and…
Category: childhood, mythology, Nature, pagan, parenting, seasons, UncategorizedTags: alban elfed, autumn, childhood, druidry, fall, interior design, magic, monday, monday blogs, mondayblogs, nature, pagan, paganism, parenting, photography, seasons, winter, writing
Posted on September 25, 2017
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As we prepare for imminent baby arrival, I’ve had to clear some of my more esoteric items out of what will soon be the nursery. It was my ‘me’ space; for meditation, solo ritual and worship. However, that won’t be practical now, and the…
Category: pagan, seasons, Uncategorized, Witchcraft, writingTags: altar, blogging, blogs, goddess, Hecate, Hekate, hellenic, magic, monday, monday blogs, mondayblogs, nature, occult, occultism, offerings, pagan, pagan parent, paganism, parenting, seasons, spirituality, Witchcraft
Posted on September 4, 2017
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These little beauties all came to pick at the crumbs left by fellow bank holiday revellers. I was on the seafront at Hornsea, resting my weary bones after a meander on the wet and glorious beach. As I sat quietly, the martins waited until…
Category: education, mythology, Nature, observation, seasons, Uncategorized, writingTags: autumn, birds, blogging, folklore, house martins, monday, monday blogs, mondayblogs, nature, outdoors, summer, superstition, swallows, swifts, writing
Posted on August 28, 2017
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Yes, it’s a blatant take on GoT’s signature slogan, but the drama of winter is a way off (we hope) and I’m loving browsing Pinterest and Tumblr and seeing how excited folks are getting about fall, Halloween and Samhain. The primary colour is orange,…
Category: childhood, gardening, Nature, parenting, seasons, UncategorizedTags: autumn, blackberries, blogs, Brambles, childhood, fall, food, foraging, fruit, fungi, halloween, monday, monday blogs, monday Motivation, mondayblogs, nature, November, orange, outdoors, pagan, parenting, samhain, summer, writing
Posted on July 24, 2017
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Ah Lughnasadh! The height of summer, a time of fun and games, the rise of the competitive spirit and a time to truly honour our ancestors, just as Lugh honoured his mother at this time. I could smell it this morning; that sweetness in…
Category: education, followers, mental health, Nature, observation, pagan, poetry, seasons, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: blogging, blogs, books, celt, Celtic, disabilities, disability, lammas, lughnasadh, mabh savage, magic, magick, mental health, monday, monday blogs, mondayblogs, nature, Nimue Brown, occult, online festival, outdoors, pagan, pagan federation, paganism, poem, poetry, prose, rachel patterson, seasons, spirituality, Witchcraft, writing
