Every first Friday of the month, whatever the weather, I pack my bags with fire-lighting materials, don wellies and warm woollies and head down to the end of Meadow Lane to await a small troupe of like-minded folks, some carrying drums. We hop over a five bar gate and walk down through a neglected water meadow to a spot that … Read More
A Divorce Ritual
This year in my work as a celebrant I have had the great pleasure of presiding over two weddings and a civil partnership, all joyful and memorable occasions, and relationships I have faith in. However, much as we want to believe in ‘happy ever after’, sometimes a relationship comes to an end, just as a life ends, and if this … Read More
A Storytelling Course
What does it take to be a storyteller? Yesterday I was at a children’s centre with my freelance storytelling hat on. I had prepared my stuff, but it still felt like a bit of blag to be paid money for sitting on a carpet with a bunch of under 5’s romping through The Gingerbread Man. Then I sat with a … Read More
Adventurous Mothering
Welcome to my new venture! This blog is about entering deeply into the seasons of the year and the seasons of our lives. It’s also about what it means – as I experience it – to be alive in 2012, at this point in the evolution of humanity on an abundant yet fragile planet. It is about the mother, and … Read More