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Wood Sisters and Sacrifice

Dartington Daffodils It’s just a few weeks now until our next Wood Sisters Day on Saturday 26th March, when we’ll be celebrating the Spring Equinox with our usual rich feast of meditation, myth and storytelling, simple ritual and sacred time… Continue Reading …

Approaching the Spring Equinox and Lent

New moon at Sunset from the Vicarage We met in that dark time, just before the new moon for the Circle on Thursday. As we fed ingredients into our shared ‘wisdom pot’, the equinoctial theme of balance kept recurring. During… Continue Reading …

Beautiful Soup

Spring is almost sprung and we now have flowering rhododendron and daffodils to rival Dartington Hall (almost), right here in the Vicarage garden. We also have our first crop of nettles, picked by Tam and his friend Benedikt who arrived… Continue Reading …

Early Spring Delights in Dartington

Vicarage Hyacinths I woke just before sunrise this morning and was indeed delighted to see a clear blue sky. Walking through to the living room, still warm from last night’s fire, I was met by the sweet scent of hyacinths…and… Continue Reading …

Wood Sisters Imbolc

Dartington Witchhazel – Early Spring Light in the Darkness Once again the gathering of the Wood Sisters was a total inspiration to me. I think I will never cease to delight in all the depth, wisdom, creativity and laughter that… Continue Reading …

Bride's Day

According to the ever marvellous ‘Moonwise Diary’ yesterday was officially Imbolc and today Candlemas. In my mind imaginary pagan selves are gathering around a spring pool, where golden catkins hang from the wisdom giving hazel trees and the sacred salmon… Continue Reading …

Birthday

This weekend I celebrated my fortyfifth birthday with a seasonal blend of light and dark moments… and by finally cutting the Christmas cake, which was hastily converted to a birthday cake by virtue of swapping the tasteless silver plastic ‘Happy… Continue Reading …

Come and celebrate Imbolc with the Wood Sisters

We are really looking forward to our next Wood Sisters gathering for Imbolc on Saturday 5th February. As the days start to lengthen again and we look for the first signs of Spring, Sue will be drawing us into the… Continue Reading …

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