It's time to share with you all what is going on at home here.



While I was innocently on my 2-week non-computer retreat, my husband went out and used his amazing energy to find an opportunity and his dream job.



As I was driving home with the kids and only 4 hours to go from the sunny beaches in Santa Cruz, he shared the news. "We're moving to Hollywood!"



Yes, after living and very much loving the… Continue

I am so thrilled at the moment because I have just joined the Ord Brighideach as a flamekeeper. I found about this years ago, but never actually did it for some reason, and now I have. It feels like exactly the right time.



It is said that 19 women tended a perpetual fire dedicated to the goddess Brighid at Kildare in Ireland, each taking it in turn to keep the fire going from sunset to sunset. On the 20th day Brighid herself tended the fire.



The Ord Brighideach carries on… Continue

Yikes! A Retreat From the Computer

The time has come! I have decided to take a week retreat away from the computer for the first time since my trip around the US in '07. Am I having my doubts? Oh yeah, I am!

Here is why:



* My email will explode into outerspace and I will need a special team of highly trained experts to face it when I return.

* Those who are contacting me about coaching or editing may go somewhere else and not want to wait for my hiatus to be over. (One… Continue

After a little over 3 years of life changing events and start to finish graduate work, I am about to reach the place where a diploma is given for learning, growth, and understanding. Not to mention endurance and perseverance! In less than 3 days I will have completed my masters program as a reading specialist and love how it has improved my own teaching in my classroom reading groups. Being able to offer children what they need at their own… Continue

Brighid of the mantle encompass us
Lady of the lambs protect us
Keeper of the hearth kindle us
Beneath your mantle gather us
And restore us to memory.

Caitlin Matthews

This little prayer has been my favourite for years and years. I used to have it written up on my mantlepiece, I carried it in my little bag when I got married, and in my bag when I had my son. It means a lot. :)