2005: Rowan trees and big changes
2005 began with what I described as a ‘death in the family’–that being our family of pets, and the death being one of our terrapins (turtles). We’ve still got the remaining three today, though of course there have been other deaths to deal with since then. Later that year I lost a dear friend, Tony Grundy, who was dying of stomach cancer but somehow managed to slip away peacefully in the bath one morning. He remains to this day in my thoughts often, for he was my mentor and guide, always seeking to encourage me. Since his passing I’ve had to find much of what he gave me from within myself, most likely instilled by him in the first place, ready for me to access when he was no longer around. But 2005 wasn’t all sad news and loss, far from it—this was the year that my partner and I sold the London flat and moved to the countryside of West Yorkshire. My beloved’s career took off within the year, and I enrolled on the MA in Creative Writing that would see me immersed in the study and writing of poetry for two years.
tags: bereavement, change, Druidism, environmentalism, faith, love, magick, pagan bullies, Paganism, Reclaiming, retrospective, rowan trees, Witchcraft
