Today is Litha – also known as Midsummer and Summer Solstice – when the seasons turn and bring in summer, and the longest day of sunlight of the year. It is a time of joy, abundance and play, and a great day to be out in nature, soaking up the […]

It was such a beautiful, still morning yesterday, a perfect day to harvest rosehips, hawthorn berries and wormwood. I was even given permission to take a hawthorn wand for earth acupuncture – my first hawthorn stave. There aren’t too many sunny days at the moment, so I’m going to try […]