After Christmas I travelled through a thaw fog to visit my father who is dying of cancer. Spiritually we often speak of death and rebirth…but how often do we speak of simply dying? Perhaps I could cope with death, but… Continue Reading …

I just received the verse below from Abigail and felt it perfectly brought together images of life and death, of virgin, mother and crone and all such thoughts and images that are swirling around in my mind at this time…thanks Abigail! O… Continue Reading …

A very Merry Christmasfrom Sam, Ian and Tamat the Vicarage! Click on the image above to view our Christmas message…

The wonderful Wood Sisters gathered just before the Winter Solstice for their second seasonal celebration. The Old Mother Yew in the graveyard that we visited at Samhain This time we started with a meditative journey to the Scottish Highlands to… Continue Reading …

This Saturday, for the first time in a weekend while, I had time to do nothing much and so spent as much time as possible outside, walking by the river. It was cold enough to make my face feel rather… Continue Reading …

Life just keeps on getting the better of me and these blog entries don’t get written (or only in my head) and as for Facebook….I can’t seem to get into that at all! But in amidst the general chaos of… Continue Reading …

A Golden Yew that I photographed in Kent recently…it seems like a fitting symbol of death and rebirth The stories of Inanna and Ceridwen continue to circle around in my mind. My thoughts, as in my last journal entry, were… Continue Reading …

Samhain was extra special this year thanks to the wonderful Wood Sisters. Twenty of us gathered to celebrate this ancient turning of the year and to make our own new beginning as a women’s mystery school. We started with Sue’s… Continue Reading …