Want to find a topic that will divide women? Ask them what they think of grey hair on anyone under the age of sixty. I had my first two silver hairs by the time I was 27 years old; it was around the time of my wedding day. I’d already been dying my […]
If you were to look at your life through two words, yes and no, which one do you think is more dominant? When you hear the words, can you sense the different energies they convey? Yes. No. Yes, to me, implies more. I equate it with abundance. No says stop. I […]
Anyone who knows me well is aware that the first song Paul ever sang to me was If Tomorrow Never Comes (the Garth Brooks version). To this day I can’t hear the song (especially if it’s Paul singing) without tears in my eyes. If Tomorrow Never Comes…will she know how much I loved her? […]
I was beyond delighted yesterday to be sent this link: http://thehappyfoodie.co.uk/articles/5-cookbooks-that-have-inspired-peace-and-parsnips-author-lee-watson Author Lee Watson (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Peace-Parsnips-Vegan-Cooking-Everyone/dp/071817951X?ie=UTF8&tag=prh10143-21) has chosen my recipe book, The Mystic Cookfire, amongst the five books which have inspired his own cookbook called Peace and Parsnips. This is what he wrote: The Mystic Cookfire – Veronika Sophia Robinson This is one of […]
If you had no money in the bank, how rich would your life be? Abundance has nothing to do with your bank account, despite what our culture might have you believe. That feeling of ‘plenty’, of having a cornucopia of riches being poured onto you, comes from a deep sense of inner wealth. How do […]
It’s late at night, my feet are bare on the cool terracotta kitchen tiles, as my husband and I chat happily about various things. Debussy fills the air, lending a gentle tone to the evening. Leek and potato soup simmers on the stovetop. I’ll freeze batches of it for my daughter’s school lunches later. I […]
My mother was the first person to teach my daughters, Beth and Eliza, about eating dandelion leaves. To my eyes, dandelions are beautiful: first, with their bright yellow flowers, and then with their fluffy ball-like seed tops which beg me to blow them off with a wish. In the early years of mothering, I […]
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to hang out with likeminded people for a five days? We have a few places available on our family camp in August (18-22) in North Yorkshire. This is a wonderful chance to step into Nature, and watch your children run through wildflower meadows. You might […]
When I’m asked what I mean by ‘creating a beautiful life’, the answer is simple: infuse each day with beautiful experiences. Let yourself be nourished at every level: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. . Oh how I love sunshine! After seventeen years living in the north of England, my being still hankers for […]
It is said that the instinctive response to stress or danger is either fight or flight. These may well have been the only choices for our distant ancestors, but why do we go to this place within ourselves for every little stress in our lives? Have we become so conditioned by our genetic patterns that […]