Little stick friend
It was around a year ago that I started my journey in the Bardic Grade of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. At that time a thought came to me to carry a stick along with me through my journey and to allow my creativity to evolve it into...
Ogham Grove in Second Life
Once again I've been very busy and so I need to catch up on some posts from the last couple of months. One of the reasons for the gap is Fantasy Faire! I work in a virtual world and every year we hold our annual Fantasy Faire to fund raise...
Hawthorn – tree of the fae folk
(Photo: Vivien Wilson/WTML) We are currently into the days of Hawthorn in the Ogham tree wheel (according to Yuri Leitch's wheel, which I follow). I've always have a soft spot for Hawthorn and it's another of the trees that I feel particularly close to. It is rumoured to be the...
Days of Ash
As I came to write about Ash it occurred me to how I have a much closer relationship with some trees over others. For me Elder, Alder, Willow, Hawthorn are my heart trees. Birch has to be there too especially as Birch is my birth tree. Ash....seemed more distant to...
Forsythia!
It's one of the first and most colourful bursts of colour in Spring and I couldn't help but go digging around to see if it has medicinal or culinary uses. And YES! She most certainly does! Long been used in traditional Chinese medicine but also used in modern medicine, Forsythia...
Meditation – Activity / Task Focus
For a while I've been recording my own meditations for my Druidry studies and playing them back to myself when doing the meditation - I just find it a lot easier than trying to visualise a story in the moment without getting distracted. I've been meaning to start recording some...
Willow!
Ah willow - To me she has always been a special tree. As a kid I read often of the weeping willow in fairy stories and I remember falling in love with the fluffy rabbit slippers on the pussy willow. A wonderful song by Jethro Tull named Pussy Willow (although...
The Days of Alder
Picture by Yuri Leitch Depending on which calendar you follow the days of Alder can be between 5th Feb - 22nd Feb (or later in March). I often watch and follow Yuri Leitch from the The Ogham Grove and so I am going by the year cycle that he uses...
The Meadow – a work in progress
When we moved to our new place in France there was an area of ground beyond the river that was very overgrown. As far as we know it hasn't been cleared or worked for at least 20 years - the length of time the previous owners were here - and...
Will 2024 be the year of the goat?
No, not the Chinese year of the goat - it will be the year of the dragon in 2024 BUT for us it just MIGHT be the year of the goat! I've always liked goats, they're adorable, funny, and charming (and naughty). I've never had the opportunity to have goats....