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 | 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...
by Ruth | Feb 1, 2019 | Celtic Wisdom, Reflection
I’ve been seduced by the darkness. I used to hate the Winter. Boring and quiet and moody. I didn’t want to hang out there at all. I wanted daffodils. I wanted new growth and new projects. The appeal of comforting stews & winter woolies always wore off...
by Ruth | Nov 11, 2018 | Emotional Wellbeing, Reflection, Sanity, Sisterhood
I’ve signed up for a programme called The Celtic Wheel. It’s a year long online programme, weaving the wisdom of the Celts into my life and that of 65 other modern women…helping us to live intentionally and on purpose. Oh jesus, even writing that...
