Bealtaine: the transition from feminine to masculine
We are about to arrive at Bealtaine (April 30th to May 1st), the official start of summer according to the Celtic calendar and one of the four great Celtic feasts (the others being Imbolc, Lughnasa and Samhain)[1]. Sitting at a cross-point, half way between the Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice, Bealtaine is the ‘fire’ festival.…
Easter past, Easter present, Easter future
As an adult, I am often envious of the rituals and clear calendar marks I had as a child. There were dates and times to look forward to. There were holidays and festivals that had significance and marked a clear change from the mundane. At present, one week just spills into another and I barely…
A pandemic perspective
As distasteful as it may sound, I am finding the Covid-19 experience fascinating and borderline exciting. Forced indoors, I watch it within the privileged safety of my home; at once both more inter-connected and grounded with others than ever before, yet infused with a peaceful sense of floating beyond it — a witness to something…
Change
Sometimes I find linkages in the strangest of places. I was reading a news article today about how ‘Harry and Meghan’ are stepping back as senior-royals and will no longer be HRH’s. The story had many overlaps with a big change my own family is experiencing at the moment; my mother is ‘stepping-back’ as a…
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Connecting Ireland's past to the lived experiences of today's Women of Ireland 