Category Archives: West Cork

This month’s excuse for no astrological posts….

Posted on April 18, 2013 by E.Richards

I have been busy making hats, lots and lots of hats! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eve-Apple/516663715046422 Also have writer’s block as I have been fixated on writing about Uranus’ move into Aries, which keeps digressing to a sad essay on my father and his … Continue reading →

Posted in Eve & Apple, West Cork | Tagged Eve and Apple, facebook, Father, grief, Hats, Pixie, return, Uranus | Leave a comment

Sunday Rugby

Posted on February 11, 2013 by E.Richards

We don’t have a television. There is a tiny bit of deep hidden political meaning in this non-ownership. It means that we have a lot of freedom in how we view entertainment, but on the other hand, we are also … Continue reading →

Posted in Cork, Family, Parenting, Uncategorized, West Cork | Tagged children, England, facepainting, home life, house, internet, Ireland, kids, parenting, rte player, rugby, stress, sunday, tv, West Cork | Leave a comment

A Reflection on Funerals

Posted on May 1, 2012 by E.Richards

We have had a month of deaths. Special people who made the world different and people who matter to my dear friends are gone. Mortality is on my mind. I’ve gone to funerals before now. I’ve felt that awful sense … Continue reading →

Posted in Cork, Family, Health, Skibbereen, West Cork | Tagged ceremonies, death, Family, freedom of choice, funeral, funeral arrangements, god, goddess, grief, Hope, house, humanism, humanist, mortality, passing on, sadness, secular, West Cork | 3 Comments

Fermenting in the Spring Equinox

Posted on March 20, 2012 by E.Richards

After a nice long hibernation from the world, blogging and life, I am renewed and determined to post more regularly. So…today I will be sharing my latest craze – home fermentation. Along the sideboard in the kitchen are various pots … Continue reading →

Posted in Biodynamic, Family, Gardening, Parenting, Recipes, West Cork | Tagged cabbage, carrots, children, dinner, Family, food, kim chee, lacto fermentation, sauerkraut, sourdough, witch | 4 Comments

The Grinding of the Teeth

Posted on December 3, 2011 by E.Richards

I went to the dentist recently. A molar that turned into an emergency root canal right after baby no. 1, with the birth of baby no. 4, broke in half. Four kids and only destroyed one tooth… The point being is that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Astrology, Health, Saturn, Weird, West Cork | Tagged bruxism, Capricorn, Dentist, Great Lakes Proving, homeopathy, Saturn | 2 Comments

Giving Thanks

Posted on November 24, 2011 by E.Richards

Liz Green says about Capricorns ‘ But to most goats, life is a serious business, because it has to be mastered if you want to survive’ ( Astrology for Lovers). I do take life seriously, so seriously that I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Astrology, Family, geese, Ireland, Parenting, Saturn, West Cork | Tagged animals, Blessings, Capricorn, children, durrus, fox, friendly cove, friends, help, liz green, Saturn, stepson, Thanksgiving, West Cork | 5 Comments

…..possible career?

Posted on August 10, 2011 by E.Richards

I just finished a Haiku workshop in the Schull Library Amongst the wonderful lively exchanges, a eight year old boy asked me; ” Is this your job? Do you travel all over the world and show kids how to do … Continue reading →

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