Posted in Druidry, Druids, tagged Druids, Paganism, Druidry, Beltane, Beltaine, Mike Scott, Waterboys, Findhorn, Meditation on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, now Beltane really is almost upon us and the blog will enter a temporary lull as I go off to celebrate at Camp. When I looked out of my office window yesterday at the sweeping vista of the Kennet valley I was struck by the sudden acceleration in the greening - even over the [...]
Posted in Druidry, Druids, tagged Druidry, Environment, World Drum on April 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Earth our Mother, who holds and sustains us all, is in a state of delicate balance. A lot of current research now points to the fact that if humanity does not take action, now, then the tipping point may already be upon us, and the decline of our beloved home will be irreversible. This [...]
Posted in Arty farty, Eclectic Nonsense, tagged Beltane, May, Paganism, Paul Verlaine, Poetry, Spring on April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
In a little under two weeks we will be celebrating the Beltane festival. Beltane, the last Spring festival and the threshold of summer, is a high-energy, passionate and burgeoning time, full of growing light and warmth. It makes me want to dance with joy! I can feel the sap rising and the pulse of the [...]
Posted in Arty farty, Druidry, Druids, Eclectic Nonsense, tagged Druidry, Druids, Photography, Trees on April 14, 2008 | No Comments »
As I work again on the Ovate grade of the Druid learning, I am much with the spirit of trees.
Beech is my totem tree, my graceful Queen of the Woods. Here in the South, they stand tall and silvery, their arching branches like waterfalls of green. The shimmering delicacy of their leaves - eye-achingly verdant [...]
Posted in Eclectic Nonsense, Growing Vegetables, tagged Allotments, Gardeners World, Gardening, Monty Don, Vegetable Growing on April 12, 2008 | No Comments »
I so love Gardeners World - when it’s not on I long for it, and when it is I eschew any social activity going to settle myself down in front of it on a Friday evening. It has an odd effect - something between an adrenaline rush and a mug of hot chocolate - but [...]
Posted in Druids, tagged Druidry, Druids on April 10, 2008 | No Comments »
An ongoing theme… much as I hold with personal responsibility and karmic exchange, sometimes we just need to have trust in the Great Spirit and the flow of the Universe. Work is really challenging me at the moment, and just when I started to question it all, a wonderful message came through from someone who [...]
Posted in Diversity & Equality, tagged Disability, Diversity, Doctor Who, Equality on April 8, 2008 | No Comments »
I so love Radio 4 and all that it teaches me - last week there was a disabled comedian on You and Yours (I think) talking about the new series of Doctor Who. I have to admit to never being that keen on Doctor Who - I like a bit of whimsical sci-fi but it [...]
Posted in Diversity & Equality, tagged Civil Partnerships, Diversity, Equality, Gay Weddings on April 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Yesterday I attended the civil partnership of some lovely friends in Bristol. I’ve never been to such an event before (well, until a couple of years ago none of us could!) and it got me thinking…
I have a few friends who are gay women, most of whom are in loving, long term relationships. What gay [...]
Posted in Personal Development, tagged Age, Jung, Personal Development, Psychology on April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Today I ran a workshop for a group of colleagues on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator and we had great fun exploring psychological preference. Jung’s typology is, of course, at the heart of the MBTI instrument. I don’t pretend to understand all of Jung’s writings, but what I have managed to synthesize in my not-particularly-academic [...]
Posted in Arty farty, Nature, tagged Nature, Photography, Trees on April 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
… and the capable man I live with takes great photos. As the greening of the trees is almost upon us - here’s a favourite, with verdant blessings!
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