Next week on the 1st of May it will be Beltane. It is one of my personal favourite celebrations of the year. Beltane celebrates being halfway between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. It’s traditionally held on start…
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It’s almost Samhain and there’s a lot I am looking forward to this year. Especially my Persephone and Hades tarot card pull from Holly. A brief background (because you know I love a bit of trivia and history): The…
It’s nearly Beltane – one of my personal favourite celebrations of the year. Beltane celebrates being halfway between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. It’s traditionally held on start sundown on 30 April through 1 May and it’s…
There are a lot of cool places in Ireland and Northern Ireland to check next time you visit the country. You will not be bored, I promise. One thing that you can do without traveling to Ireland is to…
Tuesday was the Winter Solstice and Yule – the first day of winter. One of the best parts about celebrating the winter solstice is knowing that each day after it, the sun climbs just a little bit higher and…
A brief background (because you know I love a bit of trivia and history): The Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced ‘sowin‘) originated in Ireland, the UK and Northern France around 2,000 years ago. The Celtic new year started on…
Ages ago, when I was in the magical Hay-on-Wye, I made a detour to visit Ludlow. It’s known for its lovely castle and its incredible food scene, so of course, I had to visit! It’s a beautiful and historical…
It’s no secret that I love a steam train; the romance of it, the Hogwarts Express feel of it – I always feel like a character in a novel. Which is one of the reasons why I love the…
It has been a lifelong (well long) dream of mine to visit Hay-on-Wye. Hay-on-Wye is known as the world’s first “Book Town”, and everything about the little town is centered around reading. Now you can guess why I loved…
Yule is almost upon us and Christmas is just around the corner. Like many of you, my holiday plans aren’t quite typical and it will be a very small but highly personal celebration as opposed to any sort of…