by Ruth | Mar 6, 2021 | Reflection
What does it mean to be a woman in 2021? Is it all beauty, feathers, glitter and sparkle? What is women’s work? How do we define work? What do we value and who do we allow into the fold? A couple of weeks ago, the shining light that is Kitty Maguire shared a...
by Ruth | Dec 24, 2020 | Reflection
Way back in October I planted bulbs, excited at the prospect of them flowering from the frosts in February to midsummer. A few weeks ago most of them had pushed their green heads through the soil. I wanted to whisper to them ‘go back down, I know it’s warm...
by Ruth | Aug 27, 2020 | Reflection
A friend asked me this week how to decide what herbs to buy, where to buy them and how to look after them. I realised that the wisdom I soaked up as a child, surrounded by parents who grew everything under the sun, wasn’t common knowledge. In truth, whenever I...
by Ruth | Nov 4, 2019 | Emotional Wellbeing, Nourishing Food, Relationships, Sisterhood
I can’t remember when I started to bake with Mum. It feels like we’ve always baked Christmas goodies together. Whenever the tradition began, it is now a firm one, a ritual we share, one we get excited about together. This year, as we agreed when we’d...
by Ruth | Oct 9, 2019 | Celtic Wisdom, Nourished Communication, Reflection
It’s over 8 months since I wrote anything here. I could claim buying a new house with my husband (yippee) distracted me. It did. I was verra distracted. Is that the reason though? I feel kind of ashamed. Where does the shame come from? Probably a learning from...
