Spoons and Broomsticks

I am not an overly emotional person. Or more correctly, I hadn’t used to be. My stroke left me with what is politely termed ‘emotional lability.’ It meant that I cried a lot, at things […]

Last week I wrote about problems with sleep. It seems to have resonated with people; I’ve had several comments from those who found my difficulties familiar. This started me thinking back. Had my sleep problems […]

I’m tired, exhausted, so I go to bed early, 11pm maybe or just this side of mid-night. I wrap myself up in my duvet. Five minutes later I throw it off, I’m too hot. I […]

Who would ever have imagined that we would find ourselves in the circumstances that we are living through now? Our past year has been harsh, dark. People are mourning loved ones, living with isolation, loneliness. […]

Imbolc is fast approaching and again, the question is what can I do to celebrate when I can’t meet with others, and it looks like it may be too cold and slippy to leave the […]

The solstice marked the start of the sun’s journey to bring back the longer days of warmth and new growth. What are you going to do with the extra daylight hours? Do they inspire you […]

The cold, the snow, our health and lockdown – all these conspire against us in our need to connect with nature. If I’m out for too long in the cold and damp, my joints tell […]

I woke up this morning to a world changed overnight. My straggly, untidy garden was transformed into a wonderland clothed in white, a hushed world of muted sounds broken only by confident crows announcing their […]

I was awake just after 5 am, unable to get back to sleep. Or should I say unwilling to fall back to sleep. I was too excited, like a kid on Christmas morning, up and […]

My family includes pagans, and non-pagans. Together, we celebrate secular Christmas traditions with a Christmas tree and decorations, and gathering over the Christmas holidays, though not necessarily on Christmas day if people are working. This […]