Open Coven
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The Cottage in the Woods: Reflections on Mentoring, Paganism, and the Path Home
For the past year, I’ve been mentoring students in the Community Ministry Certificate (CMC) programme at Cherry Hill Seminary — an online, not‑for‑profit divinity school dedicated to earth‑centred and pagan spirituality. After completing the programme myself, stepping into the role of mentor felt like entering a shared metaphysical space — what I’ve come to call…
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at home in the universe: a guided meditation
Since leaving Asheville and my beloved community, it has been hard to feel connected to the place we find ourselves. The work on this has been long and tough and it’s not over. I know that I have to find the gifts in the struggle and so I ask of myself and the Divine everyday,…
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There are no margins in the circle
I started my project Open Coven almost ten years ago and in that time it has gone through various iterations from blog to creative business. Only a couple of months ago I was all in with making Open Coven an embroidery business. Each stage of this project reflects what was going on for me personally…
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Sacred space tour
a change in the weather means I can be in my greenhouse more. the winter saw it hibernate but now it invites me to return and be communion.
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Celestial Beginnings: An Online Course on Beginning Embroidery
If you’ve ever wanted to learn embroidery but didn’t know where to start, Celestial Beginnings was created just for you. This beginner-friendly online course gently guides you into the world of stitching through simple designs for each zodiac sign. Whether you’re completely new or picking up a needle again after years away, this course is designed to…
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Embroidery as Ritual
Looking for a beginner embroidery guide? Discover how to turn slow stitching into a ritual practice. Includes symbolic embroidery kits for modern makers. Embroidery has always been more than decoration. Long before it became a hobby, it was a way to mark time, to tell stories, to protect, to bless, to remember. Cloth carried symbols.…
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The Evolution of Open Coven
I am deep into the work of finally launching my new embroidery kits. This work is so joyful and exciting but has also been challenging and required patience. I can’t wait to share them. In the run up to the launch, I thought I would talk a little bit about why I chose the name…
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Choosing to Act
I grieve, I mourn and I worry. I compartmentalize, I steel myself. It’s all I can do while I stare down machines of hatred, greed and fear that seem to be moving across the world. In Tianmen Square, Beijing 1989 the footage and image of a man standing in front of a line of tanks…
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The Power in Creativity
Here in the UK we are experiencing a significant arctic blast. Freezing temperatures and heavy snow have seen our landscape transformed. I walked with my family along the canal and we marvelled at the light filtered through the sparkle of snow frosted branches and the mysterious patterns on the frozen water. The world felt magical…
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Stand Still
Stand Still We are truly in the Yuletide season. The darkness seems never so close as these days leading up to the longest night, and this year that darkness is particularly heavy. Solstice comes from the roman word ‘solstitium’ meaning ‘sun standing still’. I welcome it, this opportunity to be still. I want to wrap…