By Sylvia Rose Some benefits assessments go ok. The assessor is sympathetic, the outcome is what you’d hoped for. These are often the ones you don’t hear about. What gets circulated are the horror stories – and of course, these happen too, in our current hostile environment towards welfare claimants. Lots of times it’s just…
By Sylvia Rose A young man is picked up by the police near Avebury. They are concerned that he is distressed and acting strangely. He talks somewhat incoherently of the summer solstice, of speaking with the Gods, of swords and magic. They have concerns that he might be psychotic, and pass him over to the…
By Sylvia Getting ill with ME was a terrible time in my life, and one of my respites was the regular Friday trip by my partner and me to the pub across the road to meet up with friends. But while I longed to talk about how difficult life was for me then, no-one ever…
So, this month is the Wildlife Trust’s Wild Month! They’re asking people to sign up and do something wild every day this month! Even if it’s something as simple as sitting in the garden, watching the sun set, counting bees or something complicated like doing a mini wildlife survey, building a bug hotel or taking…
From my Book of Shadows… Never think that magic is not real,it’s in the very air we breathe,in the songs we sing, in the books we read,in the painting we gaze upon, in the people we loveand the lives we lead.Magic is all around us;we don’t needs fairy dust or special powers…just knowledge, wisdom and the belief in the power of ourself. Marie This post originally appeared on our first site, dis-spelling.org.uk in 2018
A loving farewell I love you enough to let you slip away;Quietly into the realms of my past.I love you enough to accept we were not meant to be;That although you’ll always be a part of methat part is not enough to give me joyBut i will always and forever be your boy…I will always…
Sucky poem Today there is no poemIt seems we’ve run out of luckSo instead I thought I’d give it a goAnd frankly, it’s clear; I suck. Debi This post originally appeared on our first site, dis-spelling.org.uk in 2018
Wescape Inspired by: Ewescape E. Crossley I am Ewe as you are me and We are all One World Our feet planted firmly in the ground, how our minds float upstream; dreaming our worlds into being – fields of endeavour, streams of consciousness. We shepherd our thoughts orderly into pen or brush. Hushed by its…
The darkest eyesA missing geneThe dimming of a giftA hard path to comeA busy life behindHearing the Goddess’ loving treadA hand held outA presence that’s feltThe gift to bear whatever lies ahead Annette This post originally appeared on our first site, dis-spelling.org.uk in 2018
Hey Green Man! Hey green man!What form are you today?Pan, Cernunnos, Herne! Welcome the fae!Beltaine festival on the horizon,Ritual and merriment! Sun worship awaits,On the shores of awen,Blessed be all…. Lizzie This post originally appeared on our first site, dis-spelling.org.uk in 2018