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Autumn Equinox 23 September
The Autumn Equinox is the point of balance in the waning year. It is the late harvest - of fruit and berries in the hedgerows. It is the time to thank the mother Goddess for bounty and abundance received gratefully and stored for times of want during the coming winter months. From now on the power of the Sun will recede as its shadow describes and anticlockwise spiral, returning to the womb/
My husband George
(I wrote this for the vicar to read out at my husband's funeral on 28th July 2011) George was born Michael Straker, son of Barbara Straker, twin brother of Peter Straker, on the 23rd of December 1949 at 05.40 hrs in the morning, Liverpool. Single mothers were not treated well in the Forties and although they had a sister, they were immediately distributed to the care of the Lancashire and
SUMMER SOLSTICE 21st JUNE
The Summer Solstice is the time of the longest daylight when the Sun reaches the apex of its yearly cycle. This triumph of its power is also the start of its decline, as the year changes from waxing to waning. Summer flowers assume a deeper hue in th
