Category Archives: West Cork

Trounce Those Budget Blues, Lads

Posted on December 7, 2010 by E.Richards

When I looked at this chart, the first thing that I see is that giant glob of planets in Capricorn in the 3rd house. Wow, Mars, Pluto, the Moon, Mercury and the N Node all bunched there together. What a … Continue reading →

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Full Moon in Taurus

Posted on November 22, 2010 by E.Richards

This was the full moon over Durrus yesterday evening just before dinner.

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Fairy houses in Myross

Posted on November 18, 2010 by E.Richards

Late this summer, my sons and I walked around myross woods and filmed the experience. Such a new thing for me to do! Supposedly it was to be a birthday present for my sister (2nd Sept) and I am only … Continue reading →

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Dear Minister for Health & Children

Posted on November 15, 2010 by E.Richards

Ms. Mary Harney TD Minister for Health & Children, Department of Health & Children, Hawkins House Dublin 2 Re: Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010 Dear Minister, I am a mother of three sons, and currently expecting my fourth child. I … Continue reading →

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Wishful Duck Soup

Posted on October 30, 2010 by E.Richards

We got given four Muscovy drakes. I was excited by the concept of yummy Christmas dinner and even though I had to drive home with them hissing like demons, in a precarious container, in the dark, I was happy to … Continue reading →

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Pigs & Black Pudding

Posted on September 14, 2010 by E.Richards

When the darkness starts to infiltrate our early evenings, and the rooster starts crowing while it is still black in the morning, you know that autumn is coming in West Cork. The many elms around Friendly Cove are just starting … Continue reading →

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Dreaming of Mars

Posted on August 24, 2010 by E.Richards

After having a deeply intense dreaming session after the new moon this month, I had a look at my own transits. Of course the Mars/Venus conjunction is taking place right on top of my natal Pluto in the 12th house … Continue reading →

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Broad beans

Posted on August 16, 2010 by E.Richards

I finally get the gardener’s love affair with broad beans. For the last four years that I have been trying to grow these wierd plants, I have been continuously disapointed with the cropping. They grow up so large and high … Continue reading →

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Pigs and Solar Eclipses

Posted on July 13, 2010 by E.Richards

I am going to tell you how Sunday’s solar eclipse in Cancer went: Our pigs managed to get out of the field they were fenced in. My husband had just put them in, and they were eating away, when our … Continue reading →

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Relocating

Posted on February 3, 2010 by E.Richards

Wow, what a churning Christmas/ New year period that turned out to be! I am only just reaching clarity in functioning again. Getting up in the morning has been a struggle much less marshalling my thoughts into words or an … Continue reading →

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