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Month: December 2024

Flying with the faeries

December 27, 2024

Across this week many have played out the belief in Father Christmas/ Santa Claus. I have always been intrigued by faeries and those who know my past I was a fairy for many children’s birthday parties. Believing in magic/mystery brings joy, curiosity & wonder.In this story you may wonder what is lost or misunderstood by…
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Sleep soother

December 20, 2024

This week’s Friday afternoon story is adapted from the Fairy Midwife told in Hag: Forgotten folktales (2020) Virago Press. It invites you to ponder the wisdom and gifts of sleep soothers as I imagine many of you sincerely need deep sleep as we crawl to the end of the year. Who is your sleep soother?…
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Old women spinning

December 13, 2024

An invitation to notice women’s silent labouring. Once again drawing from the wisdom of women’s folklore and artisanship. This time from Irish folklore adapted from a traditional story told in the Irish Traveller community and written in Sharon Blackie’s book Hagitude pp.143-145 Where do you see women labouring unnoticed, yet doing such necessary work as…
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Bundles of troubles

December 6, 2024

It’s Friday afternoon story time! Here’s this week’s story to ponder, a German Folktale from the story “Bundles of Troubles, Bundles of Blessings” in the book A Piece Of The Wind, by Ruthilde Kronberg and Patricia McKissack, Harper, San Francisco, 1990. You may relate if you are feeling the weight of too many troubles. What is…
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