This has been a much more typical month, reading-wise. You’ll find reviews of five excellent books below and I also did some re-reading. Firstly, as is my custom in May, I re-read Night Watch by Terry Pratchett, which is possibly my most favourite book in the world and one I reviewed a couple of years … More May Reads
Isobel had come to understand the truth of the Wildwood far quicker than the Wood, or anyone else, had expected. This was, for the most part, a combination of Isobel’s complete open-mindedness in the face of every one and every thing she encountered and the fact Holt the Cat had decided that “give her a … More Where Stories Come True
The main news is that I’m still both writing regularly and thoroughly enjoying myself as I do, which is all that I really wanted for myself this year. The amount of words I’ve written each month has reduced from the frenetic output I managed over the winter. Yet I’ve still clocked up 60k words in … More Herding the Words: Q2 2023
I’ve been mulling over writing a blog series about my hearing loss for a long time now. I had intended to get something drafted so that I could post during Deaf Awareness Week, which happened between 1st and 7th May, but what with one thing and another I didn’t manage to do that. However – … More Living with Hearing Loss
Spring has well and truly sprung so there was much blossom and many other beautiful blooms shared during the month, as well as a few more random items. Enjoy! And this is the video I shared instead of a photo in the middle of the month: just over a minute of the stream flowing through … More The Small Things Spreading Joy in April
This is the point of the year where it seems like every part of nature is focused on reproduction. As I sit here typing this I can see, from my window, three different pairs of wood pigeons attempting, with various degrees of success, to start the process of creating more wood pigeons. The newest robin … More Working with the Wheel: May Day, or Beltane
As April is my birthday month I’ve mostly been reading the books I either received as gifts or pre-ordered and gifted to myself. However I’ve also been rather caught up in a rewatch of the entire nine seasons of the Endeavour TV series which came to an end in March and that has somewhat limited … More April Reads
Spring had come in all its glory, filling every inch of the Wildwood with light and life. Between the greening trees what ground that wasn’t a dusky haze of bluebells, or shining white with wild garlic, was lush with grass dotted through with celandines and anemones, archangels and orchids, vetch and violets. The banks of … More New Beginnings
Despite what I might have claimed to contrary in blogs gone by, I have now come to accept that whilst I might love the colours of autumn and the platonic ideal of that season, Spring is really my favourite time of year. Thus the things that are delighting me most at the moment are bud … More This Sparks Joy! Spring 2023 edition
Originally posted on Druid Life:
It’s an interesting conundrum for modern Druids – how do we relate to the ancient Druids? We know just enough about historical Druidry for it to be a tantalising thing, mostly out of reach. If you want to dig into the history side, I recommend starting with Ronald Hutton and…
Kizzia Mildmay 