Happy Winter Solstice

The shortest day to the longest night- and so from darkness into light.  A time to celebrate what has been and what is to come. To be thankful for all the good and for the experience of the not so good- for this will make us stronger. To join with friends and family share in [...]

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Joining in the festivities.

In my immediate family and also not so immediate- there are only 2 pagans- one being myself & I am Wiccan. The other my younger sister who is very eclectic indeed. Our families are well aware of our chosen paths and altho may be don’t understand all the in ’s & out’s are happy for [...]

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Yule is soon upon us

Well, altho the last couple of months have been a painful depressing blur- they are just a memory and the road to recovery and normality is at hand. My family, My friends, My partner and many many people, myself included have had a tough old time of it. So it is always heartening to hear from old friends and catch up [...]

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Where’d the time go?

Already its the 5th of December- A whole month has flown by- the Flu episode was just after Halloween and allsorts of things have happened. The recession has hit hard in the UK & Ireland- as it has across the world. My father has been made redundant- my partner is now on permanent disability- my [...]

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Fun in the Sun

So today- Tuesday 24th- we set out bright & early- with sandwiches- squash & sun lotion to spend the day on the beach. Not my usual thing really- I get bored- I don’t like to sunbathe- I like to do. Woolacombe has miles of beach and also some interesting dunes. So the kids body boarded [...]

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On the hunt for rare species.

Our holiday exploration for Monday- Exmoor. I wanted to see the Hoar Oak- the current one was planted in 1917- but where it stands there has been an oak tree since 1610. BUT! my map reading is somewhat hap hazzard and the map we had very vague- So I did not get to hug the [...]

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And so another day.

Around 2.30 am  on Sunday 22nd- I joined the Global Eden meditation- started of in Yellowstone National Park. I decided to sit in the lounge of our holiday apartment- looking out across the sea at combe. The meditation was to visualize being inside 2 pyramids- one upright & one inverted- it was somewhere around this [...]

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The Devonshire adventure begins

So on Friday 20th about 10.30 ish we set off on the M42- M5 down south- heading for Bristol and beyond. Quite an uneventful journey- passing various familiar landmarks- that always remind me I am on my hols. The Malvern Hills- The Giant Running Straw Man- The Avonmouth Bridge- The farmers field with the almost [...]

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