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Friday 6 June 2025.
Richard writes
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Friday 13 June 2025.
Richard writes
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Friday 20 June 2025.
Molly writes
Already we have reached another turning point in the year: Summer Solstice. The day the sun stands still. We have now reached
the peak of summer, a time of abundance, the abundance of light and in recent weeks an abundance of heat too!
Not only is it the month for the solstice but also the month for the strawberry moon, named appropriately as it's
the month when the strawberries are ready for harvest. A sign that we have moved on from the dainty flowers that bloomed in the
spring and onto the delicious fruits that have spent months getting ready. A very exciting time and despite being able to buy strawberries
all year round from the supermarkets, they certainly are not the same. I've now sworn to never buy strawberries out of season and from other
countries again. You can't beat the joy of growing and tending to your own plants, waiting patiently and eagerly for them to develop and
transform. When my strawberries were ready this year, I felt an urge to celebrate and rejoice, they tasted amazing! But of course, if you can't
grow your own strawberries, perhaps finding a local farm where you can pick your own might be an option. My mum and I go every year, this year
being extra special as it was Lola's first time and she sure dived into the pot before we had even left!
Did you get lucky enough to witness the full moon this month? It so happened that I was holidaying in Beccles last week, when an
orange glow caught my eye one evening. I walked across the field I was camping in and from behind a bush, I caught site of the full strawberry
moon of this month. It looked big, low and orange. I gasped at the sight, it was absolutely stunning and had me mesmerised for ages.
Summer solstice is celebrated as Litha in Pagan and Wiccan circles. A time when the masculine god of the sun is at his height and
the goddess of earth is nourished by his light, in turn bringing forth her gifts. A time when the veils between the human and faerie worlds thin,
bringing the potential for magic and blessings. Litha, like many other festivals, is a fire festival, a time to light a bonfire in honour of the
sun and perhaps even jump over it for good luck. However, if you aren't able to make a fire, this time of the year is also good for pausing and
reflecting. What have you been building so far this year? Hopefully, the intentions you set earlier on in the year are beginning to come to
fruition. So slow down, take a moment to evaluate your progress and enjoy whatever abundance you have in your life right now. Celebrate your wins
and let go of any losses.
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Friday 27 June 2025.
Richard writes
Hi, this is the last blog in this format and I will explain why.
Our School of the Air videos will pause during the summer break. The final story from Molly will be on Tuesday
15 July and the final Making with Molly on Thursday 17 July. As this happens to be my birthday I'm guessing it must be how
to make a fantastic birthday cake but, who know, I could be wrong.
Because it's convenient to pause after the Normans, our final Have A Go at History will be on Wednesday 9 July.
PLEASE NOTE ALTHOUGH I HAVE USED THE WORD "FINAL" IT IS BY NO MEANS THE END. READ ON
School of the Air will be back, five days a week, on Monday 1 September 2025 and apart from short breaks will be
with you until..........forever (ish).
Monday will see on new edition but you'll have to wait a while to find out what that is.
Tuesday and Molly will continue reading you more adventures of Pip by Enid Blyton and this will continue well into 2026.
Have A Go at History will begin again on Wednesday 3 September and will go on weekly until 15 December 2025 when we will reach 2025.
Beginning Wednesday 5 January 2026 and replacing the history videos we will resume our culinary journey through Europe, cooking some of each country's
typical dishes while also looking at their history and a few other fun facts. The last of these will appear on July 15 2026.
Making with Molly will also continue well into 2026 and then be replaced by a new set of videos tentatively called
Walking with Molly. More details on this later.
On Fridays we will be continuing our journey through the counties and metropolitan
boroughs of England and that will end on 17 July 2026. Or, to be precise, the virtual journey will end then but in September
you can follow us on our real, actual journey taking in all the same places.
On behalf of Molly and me, can I just thank all of our followers, subscribers or just those who have stopped by and watched a
video. It is really great to know how many of you are out there and to have the occasional comment. We put in a great deal of work to research,
write, film, edit and produce these videos and obviously we can't see your reaction........except during the last five weeks my 3 year old
(tomorrow if you're reading this on Friday) grandson was over from New Zealand with his parents. He saw some of our videos on my computer and
asked to watch them. I know he is just one example, and possibly trying to impress his grandad, but he was totally enthralled with what he watched.
Seeing that joy and wonder first hand was very special.
Despite pausing School of the Air, we've decided that you should still have something to watch during our summer break and, with this in
mind, we've decided to upload two videos a week on a Tuesday and a Thursday.
From both of us, all three of us, if you've heard the occasional voice off during some of our videos, have a great summer break and look
out for our videos and then come back and join us I September. See you then.
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