When I was a young girl of about seven, I would walk miles along the dusty road to the nearest church. It was for Catholics, and I wasn’t one. That didn’t matter. I would walk that road with utter devotion, always with an eye out for snakes. I was off to talk with the Divine […]
This week I had the pleasure of having my daughter home for a couple of nights. Seven weeks ago she left home to begin studying music at Bangor University (on the north Wales coast). She said she wanted to spend time together cooking. Turned out, I cooked and she chatted. And ate! It is said, […]
More often than not, as a mother it can feel like we’re constantly on the go. There’s a reason why motherhood is unpaid. No one could afford us! Even with one daughter now in university, and the other doing A levels, I feel just as busy as when they were toddlers. Sometimes, more so. […]
Interview with Veronika Sophia Robinson
Welcome To the The Mother magazine’s Blog Carnival: “Friendship and Connection” The Mother magazine is a holistic, natural mothering publication. It is with great pleasure that we share this topic with such a talented group of bloggers. You will find links to the each of the other posts at the end of this one. We […]
It’s too easy, sometimes, when we’re in the depths of despair, to think it will last forever. The truth is that life is cyclical. No matter our path in life, we all have ups and downs. There are seasons of joy and delight, and seasons of grief and pain ~ and every variation in between. […]
Yesterday a friend mentioned she baked the lemon cookies from my recipe book The Mystic Cookfire. (Available from www.veronikarobinson.com, www.starflowerpress.com, Amazon and other online retailers, good bookshops and libraries) Here’s my updated gluten-free version. They’re quick and easy to make, and taste fabulous! Veronika’s gluten-free lemon cookies ½ cup softened organic coconut oil or […]
The veil is thin, and the ancestresses are just a whisper away. Imagine, if you like, a foggy day. You can’t see ahead of you, but you can sense what is there. This is how it is with our deceased loved ones, and the ancestresses of our family line. We may not see them, but […]