On Saturday, I finished up the Brigid for Writers series I was doing with Courtney Weber. We had a great time and we are definitely going to be working together again. I really enjoyed it. (Fair warning though, even aside from my political views, it is really looking unsafe for any tourist in the US right now, so my decree that I will not set foot in the place voluntarily right now is only getting stronger!) But Courtney asked me a question at the end that stopped me a bit - she asked what...
11 days ago • 1 min read
It's rare I go this long without emailing ye any more. Some of ye may be thinking it's rare ye get a break at all these days (if that's you, there's a button to unsubscribe down below, seriously, you won't offend me!) But I needed the rest. And I'm coming back feeling more energetic, with more ideas and more thoughts than usual. Want to more know? Developing some new ideas around Brigid's Path to make it more affordable and available to people Working on the book (I know, I swear, it's still...
16 days ago • 2 min read
I've had a lot of emails over the last few days asking if I'm ok. I absolutely am. I had to go for a colonoscopy yesterday, which meant things were a little upset. There was a chance it would indicate some scary things like cancer, so, yes, I was very worried. But it turned out all right. There were a few small things taken care of, but the consultant is happy, my doctor is happy, all is well. So, thank you all for your concern, I really appreciate it. Things will be slower here in the Forge...
30 days ago • 1 min read
Surprising everyone, including myself, I have the slides ready for tomorrow night. The first night of the 4 week course, Brigid for Writers, I'm running with Courtney Weber. I can't wait. I have such high excitement on this. Such high excitement! (OK that could also be attributed to the fact that the sun is out and I'm heading off to Galway to see the niece tomorrow as well. So there may be a guest star at the course as well...) But I can't wait. For the first week, we're looking at the...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
As is becoming a distressing habit of mine, I was awake for half the night last night. And now, I'm not operating the best in work. But I'm here and keeping things on a (mostly) even keel. Some of the things that are worrying me? I don't know if I'm doing a good job at my part time lecturing role I'm worried about the content for tomorrow's class I haven't finalised the material for the first week of the Brigid for Writers course, starting on Saturday I can see things in work that will go...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
I had a very strange dream last night. Now, look, I've a fair idea what it's about, so no need for dream interpretations here. But one really clear aspect was, completely out of sequence or context or anything with the rest of the dream, there was a very loud knocking on the door in my head. And it was repeated twice. Now, ok, with working with Brigid, things come in groups of threes for me, and I tend to pay attention when they do. So, yes, I will be taking action on this in the near future....
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Ye will probably be noticing that the email is a lot later than usual today. Fierce sorry about that - it's been a day. It started by me walking into HR at about 8:03 this morning, saying "I'm on the brink of murder, where's our grievance procedure". To be fair to the young lad in there, didn't bat an eyelid just sent it on to me. (He's getting used to me slowly!) Anyway, I'm getting very excited about the upcoming Brigid for Writers course with Courtney Weber. All the details are on the...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Yeah, I know. It was only yesterday I told ye about the Brigid for Writers. And here I am today as well. But I also know not all of my community are writers. Nor should you be! Loads of ways to work for/with Brigid. (No, we've not sorted out the prepositions yet!) And I also realise that many of ye are facing horrible, terrible outcomes from the... let's say the political environment in the US and in other places around the world right now. I'm working on putting together a means to support...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
I have been sitting on this for ages and it's so great to finally go public with it!! Courtney Weber and I have been working on a new course: Brigid for Writers: A 4-Week Virtual Writing And Spiritual Intensive Here's the link: Brigid For Writers Tickets, Sat, Mar 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite So what's this about? Well... here's the details: Are you drawn to the Irish Brigid and/or Irish spirituality in general? Are you a writer looking to deepen your creative abilities, spark creative...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read