things my mother taught me…

Me & my Mum
I posted this last year for Mothers Day, and you know what? The sentiments haven’t changed. So, in time for Mothers Day on Sunday, here’s a little about Mum and Moon.
April Elliott Kent posted one of the best blogs I have read rec…

Solar Flares

Solar Flares in 2012 by Darkstar Astrology. The largest sunspot for years appeared on May 9th 2012 which scientisits are calling a “monster sun spot”.

Passion Thrives On Impediment

“Passion thrives on impediment”.  An old man told me this when I was a teenager. I’ve seen it demonstrated over the years. It’s easy to pine for the beloved when they’re inaccessible. The challenge fires up Mars in the hor…

The Nation’s Soul

Ted Hughes was best known as a powerful nature poet before he was made laureate in 1984. It seemed like a strange choice; this poet of fox and moor, black-backed gull and deadly pike, above all of wildness•, asked to write about the baroque, many-lay…