by Laura | Apr 30, 2025 | Blog Posts, Seasonal Stories, Spring
Spring is a time of awakening. The world around us is bursting forth with new life, shaking off the slumber of winter, and inviting us to do the same. As the days lengthen and the air softens, it’s the perfect time to curl up with a good book and explore themes...
by Laura | Apr 30, 2025 | Blog Posts, Myth & Folk Stories, Seasonal Stories
The month of May is the jewel in the crown of the spring season with it a rich history of celebrations and folklore. With so much colour and joy to be shared, the beginning of this beautiful month has traditionally been a time to honour the fertile energy and fiery...
by Laura | Feb 20, 2025 | Blog Posts, Seasonal Stories, Start Here
Have you ever felt a tug, a call from the natural world, urging you to slow down and truly see the changing seasons? It’s a feeling deep within us all, a primal connection to the earth’s rhythms. Just as the natural world around us ebbs and...
by Laura | Feb 5, 2025 | Blog Posts, Seasonal Stories, Winter
February has never been my favourite month. I love winter but by this point in the season, I am craving a change. In times long past the common Old English name for this time of year was Solmonath, thought to translate as ‘mud month’, and that name feels...
by Laura | Nov 22, 2024 | Blog Posts, Seasonal Stories, Winter
The first proper snowfall has descended, firmly signaling that winter is on our doorstep impatient to be greeted. Not that I have seen a single snowflake here on the Welsh coast. Instead, we have had a delightful freezing rain to contend with, so I am enviously...
by Laura | Oct 21, 2024 | Blog Posts, Autumn, Myth & Folk Stories, Seasonal Stories
There is magic in the night when pumpkins glow by moonlight My memories of celebrating Halloween and Samhain as a child are clear. A washing up bowl full of cold water and bobbing apples which we took great delight in shoving our faces in, desperate to be the first to...