This entry started as another ‘rargh – nothing is going right, I’m screwing up my life’ entry. I discovered I had Aspergers Syndrome about 6 years ago. This came as something of a shock. Having been taught during my PGCE about working with kids with autism, aspergers and a variety of learning differences I suddenly … Read More

So I was amused the other day that the Jellicle and LL were having fun with bondage in the living room. So I tweeted all sorts of humourous comment, such as “Conversation in this house leads me to conclude that bondage fans are the model railway nerds of kink.” (well I thought it was funny). … Read More

I just got called a slag. Well, not just actually, I was apparently called a slag pretty much in front of me about six months ago but apparently didn’t notice. I pretty much felt like “what?”, are you kidding? Did we slip back several years?Are you twelve? I then listened in horror as this person’s … Read More

So I’m in two committed relationships right now. I have however, had a reasonable amount of…hmmm…not committed affaires des…I’ve had lovers – I always liked that way of saying it I’m not going to change that now. And this is awesome, this is particularly awesome tonight when I’m ill. My Jellicle Cat is out as … Read More

You know when you wake up from a dream and absolutely *know* it was important? Well that was me this morning. So I’m going to write it out and see if anything jumps out at me. The last parts of the dream is what stays with me; I’m in Japan, I’ve been back for another … Read More

I would feel incredibly uncomfortable as a Pagan and a Wicca in celebrating Candlemas. The very name, to me, sounds Christian and I am emphatically not Christian. I celebrate Imbolc, whic has much the same meanings as Candlemas in that it is about strengthening the sun and welcoming back the light into the world (ok, … Read More

Today was Imbolc. I used to have problems with how I felt about Imbolc, I don’t really have much to do with Brigid – who’s festival it’s accounted by most modern pagans and as a Wiccan I had issues with Candlemas…but I’m going to write about Candlemas tomorrow. I only really ‘got’ Imbolc, the beginning … Read More

I just had the Lancaster Women’s Circle round for magical purposes, it was my first Imbolc ritual of this year. (I’ll be blogging about Imbolc later on this week for the Blog Project.) Now I’m waiting for the Jellicle to get back and complain about the soy beans all over the house… I was quite … Read More

Five years ago Rat introduced me to a certain tradition, that of Father Valentine. Now every year since I’ve blogged about this and the only sites of relevance that come up on google are the BBC one and some memory shares. As many of you will know there is a facebook group, ‘Friends of Father … Read More