by Della Ratcliffe | Jun 8, 2022 | Earth Medicine
Today, on World Oceans Day, June 8th each year, I thank the Sea for teaching me and for the right relationship we are co-creating. The sea has been my teacher for so long that I can’t remember our earliest connection but I do know she has always urged me to listen to...
by Della Ratcliffe | Feb 19, 2022 | Wheel of the Year
I have been losing myself in poetry recently, going back to some of my favourite poems from earlier times, sinking into the words and seeing them through my increasingly older eyes. Last night, I read “The force that through the green fuse drives the flower” by Dylan...
by Della Ratcliffe | Feb 16, 2022 | Soul Work
In my private Facebook group, the Wise Woman Bean Gealach Circle, I recently started a series of Prompts to support one’s Soul Work. Some use them as a prompt for free-writing, whilst others use them as tarot or oracle card layout. Some also use them as prompts...
by Della Ratcliffe | Aug 9, 2021 | Moonday Musings
Wendell Berry — in “The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture” — shared his thoughts on a holistic approach to healing (yes!). For me, his words also remind us that we are not separate from our fellow creatures and plants, nor are we superior. When we...
by Della Ratcliffe | Aug 2, 2021 | Earth Medicine
Today I learned (yet another) lesson from one of my plant allies, the Rose of Sharon plant now blooming on our balcony. Let me tell you a story . . . I was disappointed when, early last year, we were asked to remove all window boxes from our balcony due to pending...
