Rekindling the Hearth by Douglas Mackay

#82 Mar 6, 2025

The Salmon of Wisdom (and other Adventures)

Warm greetings, It's early March and the sap is rising. I find myself setting projects in motion, each day a different…

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#81 Feb 4, 2025

Podcasts in the time of Mythopoetics

Warm greetings and Happy Imbolc, Snowdrops and crocuses burst from the earth and the promise of spring is carried in the…

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#80 Jan 27, 2025

Ancestral Wisdom of Ireland and Scotland

Greetings Friends and Happy new year! I write from the magical melee of Marrakesh. Today, I have chosen a calm morning…

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#79 Dec 13, 2024

Do your festive season need more Scottish Stories?

Greetings story lovers, We're deep into December, and after Sunday I will have no more storytelling events until 2025.…

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#78 Dec 6, 2024

Scottish Tales for Telling book launch

Greetings story lovers, We descend into the depths of winter, the nights are long, dreams are lucid, and Wham are on the…

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#77 Nov 15, 2024

Winter events in Scotland

Greetings all, I write on a bright November day as Salmon leap in the River Tweed that runs through my town. I'm…

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#76 Oct 22, 2024

Samhain Approaches

Greetings Friends, The leaves are turning on the trees here in Scotland, the land a rusty palette of ochre, red and…

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#75 Sep 25, 2024

A shift of Balance

Happy Equinox! Here in the northern hemisphere the balance shifts towards darkness, longer nights and colder days. Fires…

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