A Digital Grimoire
This week’s post is inspired by a string of words written by the Finnish-Swedish poet Edith Södergran. In one of her poems Södergran defines the concept of beauty in the following way: “Beauty is to go to war and to pursue happiness”. This provoking sentence offered me a strange sense of comfort as I…
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Decorating the home is my favourite way to honor the cycle of seasons. Beauty and aesthetics are important on so many levels. Life is a drama, like a play or a movie, and decorating your living space is a way of setting the scene with props that inspire your imagination and evoke the right…
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Few things are as wondrous as the cycle of the seasons. Fall is the beginning of the end of the year as nature enters midlife and then slowly starts to decay. In its late maturity, nature serves us the fruits of life – the harvest season offers delicious grains, pumpkins, apples and root vegetables. The…
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Herbs and aromatic oils have been used for cleaning and healing purposes since the dawn of human civilisation. Smell is one of our oldest and most potent senses. The olfactory nerves have receptors that send information directly to the limbic system – the oldest part of the brain which is linked to functions of the…
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I want to share a recipe for a simple lotion that I put together for dry skin – especially dry feet, hands and lips – which I also use as a body butter during the cold, dry winter months. For the summer months, I mix a few drops of essential lavender oil in a bottle…
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Everyday Magic 