Let it rain. Let it snow even. Let it be crisp cold. Let clouds cover the sky…or strip it to the sparkling blue.  Let the fire in your home lullaby you. Let Nature set the rhythm of hours and minutes for a little longer.  Wishing you timeless days and unreasonable laughter on your first steps into the new year.  While my wise friends, the plants, are still sleeping in their beds dreaming of the wonders of spring and summer to come, I will be having some fun making some medici

As the rainbow of autumn colors surrounding us now, are beginning to fade away into shades of grey, we should listen to our instincts as often as we can, and rest more, care and repair more.    For myself, I’ve had a busy autumn, with hosting a Sensorial writing workshop at the Ireland Writing Retreat  in Belfast in October; mentoring a new group of beginners herbalists at the Plant Medicine School in Wexford - whom I am happy to mentor throughout their next two year studies

Article about Columbia Hillen, herbalist in Donegal, published in the Irish Times

Happy Imbolg everyone and to celebrate Brigid the Celtic Goddess in each of us, I am offering free wellbeing consultations until February...

As fires were being lit around us here at Anamcara Healing Herbs Garden, I decided to look for the light in the blooming around me. And...