When I was younger, if someone cursed or swore in conversation in a pub, the landlord would call out “Language please!” prompting the person to be circumspect in what they were saying. Actually, anyone who was offended might say the same thing. I have always enjoyed language. I have been reading since I was four …. Read More
Category: Earth
My 5 Favourite Herbal Remedies
Whenever I use a medicinal plant, it becomes my favourite…until I use another medicinal plant. Plants are like that – they really make friends with you and when you imbibe them in whatever form, they become your favourite. I recently posted a film to YouTube about Lemon Balm because I had just had my first …. Read More
Keeping The Light Shining
The Winter Solstice was one of my highlights of last year, 2020. After a year of gloom, doom, despair and darkness for many, the Solstice was an opportunity to really celebrate the Light. Candle light and lamp light brightened the house during the holiday season and it is always lovely to have …. Read More
Magical Mugwort – Artemesia!
Tonight there will be a Full Moon and I was thinking of the plants in my garden that are ruled by the moon or associated with the moon. Cucumber is one such plant as are Californian Poppy and Poppy; Chamomile, Willow, Chickweed, Cuckoo Flower, White Rose and Mugwort. These plants are cooling and moisturising, sedating …. Read More
Growth – It’s a Funny Word, that!
Isn’t it wonderful in springtime, when we observe the growth in the hedgerows and fields and in the parks and in our gardens. We feel a deep down, almost primeval feeling of relief, that life is continuing, that plants are growing again after winter. I think that sense of relief is carried in our genetic …. Read More
Focusing Intention and Attention
We are living in strange times at the moment and many people have found that with the extra time on their hands they have been able to reflect on their lives. Some have taken up yoga and meditation or are watching movies and soaps. Me? I have never been busier! This lock-down has compelled …. Read More
Lovely Lughnasadh – Enjoying Abundance
Lughnasadh is a seasonal event derived from the funerary celebrations, games of skill and animal trading that the sun god Lugh devised to commemorate his foster mother Tailtu.. She was an ancient Earth or Mother Goddess who had decided to clear the land of rocks and boulders so that the people of ancient Ireland could …. Read More
Medicine and Magic in the May Garden
I love the month of May – the whole country becomes lush and green and seems to me to be full of magical promise. Every time I turn around there is a new plant to discover, a new flower blossoming, a new leaf just opened on a young tree. Some people might say that …. Read More
Will You Join The 3.5%?
What a beautiful and delicate little flower the Wild Violet is. Would you deliberately trample on it? Would you pluck it and let it wilt and then discard it? I am sure you would not. I am mulling something over here, so I hope you will bear with me. A very good friend mentioned …. Read More
Danu’s Irish Herb Garden – Spring Intentions and Brigid’s Day
Spring is almost here – only a week until Brigid’s Day Eve which is a great opportunity to check in with the intentions made at the new year. It is also a good time to make some Spring intentions now that energy is rising as the Earth slowly wakes up and begins to stretch. I …. Read More