by Barbara | May 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Whatever else you can say about where we are as a country at the moment we are certainly living in interesting times. Nowhere is the tsunami of social change reflected more clearly in the result of the referendum to lower the waiting period for divorce from 4 years to...
by Barbara | Mar 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Last week I thought I was being very clever having come up with the hashtag #PlasticFreeForLent to accompany my rant about the amount of unnecessary plastic you encounter in the fruit and veg department of most supermarkets. However, I now see that...
by Barbara | Nov 1, 2018 | Women
Following on from my last blogpost calling for older women to step into their power especially at Halloween, I thought it might be time to share some insights into menopause; something that is not talked about as much as it should be. And perhaps if we ‘women of a...
by Barbara | Oct 30, 2018 | Haloween
Tomorrow is Halloween; the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. Samhain marked the end of the harvest, the beginning of winter and (most importantly) the celebration of woman as Crone. In ancient mythology woman was represented by the Triple Goddess of The Maiden, The...
by Barbara | Sep 4, 2018 | Political
The media loves an election, for obvious reasons. It provides cheap entertainment, throws up some great rows, and occasionally provides the great unseating of a candidate who looked like a shoe-in. Normally I too would enjoy the prospect of an election for all those...
