This year, I found myself reluctant to come out of the cocoon of rest and rebirth that Winter had held for me. I didn’t want to move away from cosy jumpers, hot water bottles, bare black branches on the trees and the catch of cold in my throat when I went out for a walk. It felt … More Season of Change… Rejoicing in the First, Unexpected Signs of Spring
I didn’t know saffron came from crocuses until I sat down one evening in February in my mother’s cottage in Yorkshire, huddled up under the covers as bleak winter winds and rains battered against the window pane, and I took my second sip of wine. I was thinking about what had brought me hope that … More Is Saffron Good for Depression? Lasting Life Lessons from The Colourful Crocus
Blessed be the flowers Of the Winter Womb Brightening up a bleak, bare walk Or a darkened, dismal room Grace of God For giving me Beneath this barren tree, A purple hopeful metallic sheen, A Callicarpa bloom A powder pink Viburnum ~ No tempest born nor Autumn storm Could turn her merry petals To fallen, … More 4. Pocket-size Chants for Winter-Blooming Flowers
A Daughter of Nyx 