IMBOLC
February 1st 2017
This year looks set for a slow start for me due to the ongoing recovery from last years two eye operations plus long term damage to my wrist; all of this was to bring me to a place of inactivity for many months. I have been dependant on others for my driving and even someone to cut my food for me. At last all of this is gradually coming to an end, I think of the term being a human being not a human doing, we are all guilty of that in these frenetic times. Soon perhaps just one small keyhole operation on the wrist and I will be able to drive to see my friends, attend workshops and teach again.
All has not been without a purpose as I have started my third book, one that has been hanging around for a long time and is dear to my heart. This book will be written in celebration of the feminine energy in all of us whatever our sex might be.
My interest in feminism was sparked off in 1959 whilst reading a book by Simone de Beauvioirs called The Second Sex, it was a long time ago and it’s still all to relevant and it should be history by now, so let us keep our shoulder to the wheel for a gentle but continuous push. The swing to the feminine must be a continuous drip of water on sandstone this time, no more flash fires of burning bras, just a gentle never relenting drip to bring the pendulum into balance and make life more comfortable and productive for us all whatever our sex
All has not been without a purpose as I have started my third book, one that has been hanging around for a long time and is dear to my heart. This book will be written in celebration of the feminine energy in all of us whatever our sex might be.
My interest in feminism was sparked off in 1959 whilst reading a book by Simone de Beauvioirs called The Second Sex, it was a long time ago and it’s still all to relevant and it should be history by now, so let us keep our shoulder to the wheel for a gentle but continuous push. The swing to the feminine must be a continuous drip of water on sandstone this time, no more flash fires of burning bras, just a gentle never relenting drip to bring the pendulum into balance and make life more comfortable and productive for us all whatever our sex
SAMHAIN
November 1st 2016
Samhain is a time for turning inward and finishing things off, that is certainly what I am going to do. As some of you know I have been writing a book on my life and teaching work for the last two years, before that book was finished it spawned another. This second book turned out to be bigger than I expected, (everything I do turns out to be a bit of a surprise), it is the handbook to accompany the three ranges of High Vibrational Flower and Crystal Essence that I have made.
I assumed that the handbook would be just an extension to the leaflets that are in the individual boxed sets of essence, but no its much more comprehensive it just grew like Topsy. Hopefully all will come to fruition by the end of the year, as I have visions of typing The End, its all a bit like an elephants pregnancy.
I hope that you all get out and about in nature this autumn, the natural world in South West France has certainly taken a battering this past summer its not one that I wish to repeat in a hurry, I am surrounded on my walk by what look like potentially dead trees, lets see if mother nature performs a miracle by the spring and many revive. This autumn we are surrounded by rose hips and giant sloes ,why not try making some sloe gin or vodka, pop the sloes in the freezer first as that gets rid of the boring stabbing each with a needle.
A trip to the sea is on my agenda for tomorrow as its all to easy to forget to go out to play. I hope that you all have a enjoyable and warm Winter, also lets hope that the Gliss gliss go to bed for the winter soon and stop playing football in the roof.
Samhain is a time for turning inward and finishing things off, that is certainly what I am going to do. As some of you know I have been writing a book on my life and teaching work for the last two years, before that book was finished it spawned another. This second book turned out to be bigger than I expected, (everything I do turns out to be a bit of a surprise), it is the handbook to accompany the three ranges of High Vibrational Flower and Crystal Essence that I have made.
I assumed that the handbook would be just an extension to the leaflets that are in the individual boxed sets of essence, but no its much more comprehensive it just grew like Topsy. Hopefully all will come to fruition by the end of the year, as I have visions of typing The End, its all a bit like an elephants pregnancy.
I hope that you all get out and about in nature this autumn, the natural world in South West France has certainly taken a battering this past summer its not one that I wish to repeat in a hurry, I am surrounded on my walk by what look like potentially dead trees, lets see if mother nature performs a miracle by the spring and many revive. This autumn we are surrounded by rose hips and giant sloes ,why not try making some sloe gin or vodka, pop the sloes in the freezer first as that gets rid of the boring stabbing each with a needle.
A trip to the sea is on my agenda for tomorrow as its all to easy to forget to go out to play. I hope that you all have a enjoyable and warm Winter, also lets hope that the Gliss gliss go to bed for the winter soon and stop playing football in the roof.