Community Stories

Happy New Year! Many of us know that April 1st was once the first day of the new year, and that this was during pre-Christian times,...

Since Ostara’s origins around the end of last year and the beginning of this, I have had to embrace social media in a way I don’t find...

Have you ever found yourself looking at your cat or dog and thought “I’ve got an animal freely wandering around my house! How has this...

Tiddy Mun Lincolnshire Carr and Fenland Folklore Tiddy Mun Tiddy Mun was one of the Tiddy people - bog spirits who lived in the marshes, or Carrs, of North Lincolnshire, the Fens of South Lincolnshire, and the fens of the Isle of Ely. They could make the waters rise and fall to help the farmers who they lived in harmony with. They were considered mischievous but benevolent people. Tiddy Mun was described as being as small as a three-year-old, and dressed in grey which made hi

I have been watching Davina McCall's podcast on You Tube "Begin Again with Davina", and she is talking with Eleanor Mills. Eleanor is a...

1980s and 90s pop culture Googling ‘ Origin Stories’ brings forward a wealth of articles and documents, and it becomes clear that this is of interest to many people. Could it be because we are in a time of uncertainty and that we are looking back into our pasts because there is comfort to be had in thinking about the past, rather than becoming anxious about what might be to come? Possibly, but are we in uncertain time? Yes, we are but aren’t we always? And haven’t we always

We will all have arrived to the Ostara community via different paths. Perhaps some of us have physically moved from other parts of the...

Having returned from Australia recently I remember clearly the announcements on public transport at the beginning of each journey or as...

With a long history in mental health, wellbeing and spiritual work, we have spent years talking about what has been missing for us, as we...