For those of you who link to Instagram or the blog before checking email, you'll already know I'm wearing one of my new favourite t-shirts today. If you don't do that however, here's you're warning that my annual mission to bring joy and happiness to my colleagues through passive-aggressive t-shirts and outfits befitting the season has begun. Yes, this is the t-shirt. I keep telling my senior management it's to help with morale. Mainly mine, but really, if I'm happy, it means fewer people are...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
I know, another extra email. But many of you were interested in my menopause journey last time, so I thought ye might have an interested in yesterday's nurse visit. Yesterday was my second visit to the nurse at the menopause clinic in my gp's practice. This was with a nurse practitioner - for those who don't know this is a nurse who has undergone extra training and qualifications to be allowed to prescribe some medicines. Again a thoroughly positive experience. Some key highlights: Everything...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Yes I know how ridiculous that sounds! But if you read today's blog post you'll know why I put it that way. I'm gonna be honest - I'm struggling today. Work is hassly. Nothing serious, but you know when you get to the end of the day and there's just nothing you can put your finger on that's done? Yeah. One of those. Plus I cam in early purely to get two specific tasks done and because of some other stuff, it didn't get done. Neither task. So, it's at times like this I turn to Brigid asking...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
I had planned to send this email yesterday, but honestly, my plans got completely derailed with the whole Manchester attacks thing. (No, I'm still not linking to a story) But since it's October, my mind is turning towards Imbolc. Yes, I know, that's the last thing you expected - although if you've been on the email list a few years, you'll know where this is going. Here's the thing. Samhain, for me, marks the beginning of the preparation for Imbolc season. It's also the time I spend dreaming...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
I've been writing - intermittently - on the topic of the Israeli atrocities in Palestine for a while now. And I know a lot of what I write pisses people off. Because I don't think every Jew in the world is responsible for the actions of Netanyahu and his government. I've given up on keeping track of all the hospitals, schools and places of worship the IDF have attacked, levelled, bombed, whatever in Palestine. And I know that sounds really flippant. I'm sorry. But I've had to give up keeping...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
WE HAVE A SCHOOL AGAIN!!!! Not everything is listed yet, but the website is up and running! Finally! You can check it out here: Courses Mainly the Brigid courses up there right now, although Tailtiu made it through as well. The rest I will be moving over manually in the coming weeks, but please let me know what you think of it as I update all the links! Bríd libh Órlagh Check out the links below: Brigid's Forge School Patreon Facebook Group Website
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
There are times when both my blogs come together in a holistic sense. For two very separate reasons, I was writing about St. Brigid and anger in the Forge today, but I was also writing about anger over in engineer.org (that's my women in engineering blog, for those who haven't seen it before. Much more career focused although my spirituality does make an appearance) I'll be honest, I have a blog on free speech and the power of speech, particularly as it relates to magical practice in Ireland...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Well, ok, the day late part rings through. I'm not currently a dollar short for anything, but y'know, the phrase is a catchy one... Good news: The new school website is taking shape! I have all the Brigid courses loaded up there now and I will be publishing the website link shortly. I'm hoping this weekend, to be honest! Last week was horrendous in work - I've mentioned this several times over on instagram. In fact, I think I've posted more over there this weekend than I have in the last...
2 months ago • 1 min read
I just posted what I suspect will be a reasonably controversial post in a sea of controversial posts over the last few days. Yeah, it's about Charlie Kirk. No, I'm not celebrating his death - that's mainly cos he wasn't a forceful enough power in my life for that. I don't think it's a bad thing he's dead though. Especially by a fellow right wing Republican... I hope this leads to a better kind of talking in the US. I've seen the tweets. I've read the rhetoric. I've sullied my brain by...
2 months ago • 1 min read