Beer is made from grain and water (and other stuff obviously) so it brings together the elements of earth and water.

Apparently on Samhain Celtic warriors held contests to see who could drink the most beer, believing that the course of action would make them immortal…ju...

Pumpkin

(Cucurbita spp)

A pumpkin is for all year round not just for Halloween…

There are a huge variety of pumpkins and all shapes, colours and sizes which can be used in savoury and sweet dishes.

Obviously the pumpkin has a Samhain connection and I think with that comes...

I had seen a few adverts around social media for witchcraft/pagan subscription boxes, some themed to the sabbats, others general monthly boxes.  I was intrigued, because who doesn't like getting nice witchy presents through the post? 

I decided to order a selection...

Last year I hit the big five zero and I must admit I was a little bit freaked out.  How did I get this old?

Fifty sounded ancient, my parents are fifty, not me (in reality they are actually in their 70s now).

In my head and my heart, I felt I was about 25, maybe 30 at th...

Another one in the Pagan Portals range from my publisher Moon Books.

I am very thankful (and as always overwhelmed) that one of my first books Pagan Portals Moon Magic is now a best seller and continues to sell well.  But it occurred to me that I work equally as much wi...

Being very firmly rooted in Kitchen Witchcraft I was talking to my publisher Moon Books about a big Kitchen Witchcraft book.  The discussion ended up with the idea of a Kitchen Witchcraft series.  

Garden Magic is the second book in the series.

I love my garden...

Being very firmly rooted in Kitchen Witchcraft I was talking to my publisher Moon Books about a big Kitchen Witchcraft book.  The discussion ended up with the idea of a Kitchen Witchcraft series.  

Spells and Charms is the first book in the series.

My magic is...

Apricot

(Prunus armeniaca)

The apricot is an orange coloured fruit from a small tree and looks very similar to a peach…but smaller.  The skin is soft and downy like that of a peach…or a baby’s bottom…

You can use all parts in magical work – the fruit flesh, stone (kernel)...

Ice Cream

Real ice cream, not the frozen yogurt stuff.  Although quite a lot of the products sold in the supermarket under the guise of ‘ice cream’ these days don’t even have any cream in them, just lots of fats instead.  Proper full fat cream ice cream is totally indul...

Work has been going on behind the scenes with Solarus Publishing to create and release my own oracle card deck.

I am very happy to announce that it has gone into production!

The cards are currently available to pre-order direct from Llewellyn and Amazon.com at the moment...