Spoons and Broomsticks

Recently I was contacted by Ring and Ride, my local disability transport service. You tell them where you want to go and a bus turns up at your home and takes you there. That’s the […]

I have a collection of crystals, nothing too fancy and many people will have more. Most of them are a bit scratched and bedraggled where they have been handled well, carried in pockets or the […]

I first fell in love with pretty stones when I was a child. Mother had an allotment, a space rented from the local council to give city dwellers the chance to grow their own food. […]

It’s amazing how much the sun can lighten your mood, fill you with energy. Add that to the time of year, spring, Equinox past and Beltane on its way,  the plans and goals we set […]

‘Nanny, why did Grandad die?’My grandson, aged four, no longer cries to see his grandad. Eighteen months on, he accepts that Grandad is not in hospital, is not away somewhere, will not return to give […]

In my last blog, I explained that I was looking for a way to celebrate ritual and other occasions in my garden as I find it increasingly difficult to get out and about. With my […]

I hope  you enjoyed the spring equinox, the promise that spring is well on its way. We decorated our Ostara tree, and I was given a lovely gift – a small hare with a hanging […]

Eggs, in many cultures and traditions, are a symbol of spring. I have always accepted this without giving much thought to the reasoning behind it. I assumed it was because eggs symbolise new life. Today […]

Sometimes words just won’t come when you try to write. You can have paper in front of you, a pen in your hand, but the mind that creates the words plays tricks with you. ‘I […]

Last week I looked at my list of favourite things that translated into my poem called Fear. I wrote down the things I could see, the things I could hear, touch, smell and taste. Work […]