This is my new/old website. I'm in the process of finding a space to combine all the work with words and connection I've done in the last couple of decades. This is a work in progress, so thanks for your patience. Recent words and blog posts are below. Find info about Walk The Wheel (my book) or my ceremonies in the menu tabs.
rehomed
I watched a beautiful 3 minute film this morning, shared into my inbox by the Centre for Humans and Nature, a digital and print press that explores what it means to be human in an interconnected world.Before I ditched my Meta apps, I was woefully lax on actually reading their, or any, newsletter content. One of … Continue reading rehomed
hares
What is it about hares that makes them so emotive? The big, doleful eyes? Soft ears, that stretch down the back, like Rapunzillian hair? The gentle curve of a velveteen nose that you know is counting time, like a heartbeat? Michelle Shore, amazing illustrator for ‘Walk The Wheel – tales of the turning seasons’, has … Continue reading hares
imbolc 2025 – root to rise
They have pollarded the trees in their garden. The house on the corner has five mature Birches lining their garden wall. Their silver skin is dull in early morning light, but the milky white scars left by the chainsaws glow like candles. The gaps between their limbs are filled with sawdust. It looks a little … Continue reading imbolc 2025 – root to rise
springing back to life
Sun is up and Spring is here!Wake up all and have no fear.It’s time for greening, winter’s done.Welcome Spring and welcome Sun! ~ the Song of Waking I’ve been basking in the strengthening Spring sunshine this morning, then shivering in the chill wind that still seems to be breathing Winter down collars and under coats. The season … Continue reading springing back to life
a lammas story – the burning
First Harvest And the Lady is called to perform the hardest of her duties for the Land that she was promised to when she was born. She takes a sharp, silver sickle and presses it to the skin of her Great Love. Watches them bleed. Bleed until they are dry. And when they are dry, … Continue reading a lammas story – the burning
equinox vs easter vs ostara
Every year on Easter morning, I would follow clues, written by my Dad on scraps of lined paper torn from a notebook. They would lead me through our home and garden to a haul of chocolate eggs waiting at the end. I’ve never much cared for chocolate, so most of the eggs would remain uneaten, … Continue reading equinox vs easter vs ostara
new world, new wheel
I’ve noticed a growing dissonance between the traditional Wheel of the Year, its eight festivals neatly spaced six weeks apart, and the actual turning of the seasons in my part of the world. Unlike the Wheel, which so neatly fits into our calendar, the seasons no longer feel entirely reliable or predictable. Nor does their … Continue reading new world, new wheel
the importance of pronouns
I’m about a week late in learning that October 19th 2022 was International Pronouns Day. Pronouns are something that, as a writer and wordsmith, I find absolutely fascinating; particularly since the discourse around them has really ramped up over the last few years. Of course, the variety of pronouns now in use, and that can feel so … Continue reading the importance of pronouns
Autumn equinox – space to change
It’s one of those sweet September days, when the Sun remembers the warmth of Summer but the shadows are a cool reminder that change is on its way. I walk the crest of a hill and watch three buzzards circle quietly above the village I call home. Their ocassional cries, a single rich ‘Kai!’, echo … Continue reading Autumn equinox – space to change
Keli Tomlin Ceremonies 