Colette O'Neill… Author, Publisher, photographer. Creator of Goddess Permaculture.
I travelled up to see Christine Coulson this morning at the Leitrim Animal Welfare Centre, to make the presentation of the monies you raised for the much needed Animal Protection and re-homing work she does 24/7! (Mum and son both neutered vaccination and wormed looking to go to new home together sweet cats super friendly) […]
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(Starting with the Podcast will allow you to listen as you look through the photographs) Channelling is a skill that takes practice, eventually becoming an intuitive director of energy, good or bad. Yesterday, angry energy was channelled into this creation. As we channel energy from one place to another, so we work as alchemists in […]
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To say we live in strange times is an understatement! Recent conversations and experiences have led me to expect the unexpected in life at present! This morning, as I drove back from Mohill, another “experience,” happened. It was good that I had already pulled in by the side of the road! The Bealtaine Project is […]
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“The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter, It isn’t just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES. First of all, there’s the name that the family use daily, Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or […]
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As the thousand and more trees and thousands of plants of the Bealtaine Project grow taller and more dense, so it is the once barren land seems more and more as it is…an Ark for Earth, set into a monoculture landscape of Cash-Crop-Forestry and animal grazing fields. This summer witnessed the most Bees, Butterflies, Pollinators […]
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I know I should not have gone out today! I know in retrospect, on reflection, it was a mistake… I had already heard something on the morning news, a tail-end of some report…something about an animal being killed, and I thought, Oh gosh, here we go again! Anyway, what happened was I decided to go into town, taking […]
Read MoreA day of many things, but mostly of remembering and giving thanks…thanks for little things…like fresh, Spring water. Seemingly inconsequential things…like an almost filled rain tub, a place where Jack loves to drink. Things many do not see…little things. Of a beautiful card made for me by a visitor… and the wonderful, heartfelt message she […]
Read MoreThis month marks the tenth anniversary of Bealtaine Cottage. Today, the 14th of May 2014, is the full moon of Bealtaine. This marks the actual Bealtaine celebration, as many of you know. The full moon is in Scorpio, my star sign. All I can say is that I am exhausted and feeling like I […]
Read MoreSmall farms in Ireland are in a steady decline and have been for several decades now. In fact farming is now referred to as an “industry”…a most illuminating use of language! The pressure on small farmers to produce more and more, (mostly meat), is driving many off the land, as they find it difficult to […]
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