After 2 very busy weeks, we are now closed...permanently, as per Ostara newsletter. Now to pack up and empty the […]
After 2 very busy weeks, we are now closed...permanently, as per Ostara newsletter. Now to pack up and empty the […]
Ostara 2022…and the final countdown!! Welcome to 2022, the year I have been calling the year of ‘hope and change’. […]
Yule Newsletter 21 December 2021 Well, it’s been a tough year but we have made it through 2021. As with […]
Samhain Newsletter 31 October 2021 The mornings are dark on waking, the air feels damp and cold and the chilly […]
Mabon Newsletter 22 September 2021 Welcome to Mabon where I am writing this after my visit to Orkney! My trip […]
How quickly is the summer going? The weather in July is usually always below par in Scotland…in fact, it is […]
Midsummer Newsletter 21 June 2021 We should be thankful that the opening up of our world has been happening as […]
Beltane Newsletter 30 April 2021 Beltane: fun festival: Fire Festival: Fertility festival: Frivolity festival: and this year, the final stretch […]
Ostara Newsletter 20 March 2021 Welcome to this auspicious Ostara…well, for me anyway! I cannot believe it is 25 years […]
Imbolc Newsletter 2 February 2021 Here we are, now February 2021 and life remains in the status quo! Who would […]
Yule Newsletter 21 December 2020 Welcome to winter and to the shortest day in this unusual year of years…and for […]
Samhain Newsletter 31 October 2020 Well, we arrive at Samhain, the Celtic New Year where it ends one year and […]
Holy Moly - what a year so far, with another newsletter written in an empty shop! Following an unheard of, […]
Lammas 31 July - 1 August 2020 This may be Lammas but certainly doesn’t feel like any normal summer. There […]
Well, we’ve made it through lockdown to Midsummer and the longest day…the Universe may have shut down travel around the […]
Welcome to this special, once in a lifetime newsletter. I have been writing these newsletters since 1999, and my last […]
You can spend a fortune on scentless flowers that will last a week or give someone you love a crystal […]
First of all, under these extraordinary circumstances, I hope I find you safe and well. As per government instructions, there […]
Ostara Newsletter 20 March 2020 Welcome to this special Ostara…what a challenging stormy new decade so far the 20’s has […]
Imbolc Newsletter 2 February 2020 Welcome to a new year and a new decade, and for me, a new beginning […]
Hogmanay and into 2020.. On 24 December I will be closing up for a few weeks, explanation within the Yule […]
Yule Newsletter 22 December 2019 Welcome to Yule, the shortest day and longest night of the year, and the end […]
Samhain Newsletter 31 October 2019 Welcome to Winter…yes, this is the end of the Celtic calendar, the start of winter […]
Mabon Newsletter 23 September 2019 Welcome to a later than usual Mabon this year…check that date!! Mabon is the time […]
Lammas Newsletter 31 July 2019 Autumn already…my oh my, hope we have picked up slightly with the weather by Lammas […]
‘Midsummer’ – Nature has a great sense of humour!! We have seen a lot rain lately in Scotland, but not […]
Beltane Newsletter 30 April 2019 Beltane is upon us once again. This is my favourite Sabbat and time of year, […]
Me in Salem...wait for the rant… I recently returned from a trip to Salem, a place where I really thought […]
Ostara Newsletter 20 March 2019 Welcome to Ostara…the time of Nature in balance. Sun and moon are in equal proportions […]
Welcome to the first newsletter of 2019. It has been quite a mild winter so far but, the rate the […]
Welcome to this special, celebratory time as we look forward to some revelry in the shop. More on that later. […]
Well, it’s Halloween folks, the most popular of the Sabbats, especially with non-witchy muggles, when ghosts, ghouls and witches all […]
What a summer we have had this year, with our green land turning brown, then subsiding into wet-weather catch-up and […]
Well, what a fantastic summer we are having for a change, especially after that long winter. Folklore says the precipitation […]
Hardly does it seem that winter has unleashed its grip on us and we have been searching the Hawthorn desperately […]
Welcome to the newsletter with a bit of a difference. I suspect Beltane will be delayed up here by several […]
Ostara Newsletter 20 March 2018 Another Spring Equinox, another year of trading…how time flies when you are enjoying yourself. I […]
Imbolc Newsletter 2 February 2018 Imbolc, when the nights are beginning to not get so dark so early, and although […]
There it is, that dreaded word: the spots, the itching’ the sleepless nights…oh I remember it so well because I […]
The first time a friend showed me her pendulum and I saw it whirl round in answer to her question, […]