Lie back daughter, let your head be tipped back in the cup of my hand. Gently, and I will hold you. Spread your arms wide, lie out on the stream and look high at the gulls. A dead- man’s float is face down. You will dive and swim soon enough where this tidewater ebbs to the sea. Daughter, believe me, when you tire Read more about First lesson[…]
The silentness of snow never fails to amaze me Falling so thick and fast yet without the slightest sound I watch its fat flakes bright white against the darkest of skies With only the naked winter trees to bear witness And usIt is so beautiful I have been like a kid at Christmas awake all Read more about Snow[…]
by Patricia Monaghan. When winter comes to a woman’s soul, she withdraws into her inner self, her deepest spaces. She refuses all connection, refutes all arguments that she should engage in the world. She may say she is resting, but she is more than resting: She is creating a new universe within herself, examining and Read more about Winter Woman[…]
The January Man The January man he goes around in woollen coat and boots of leatherThe February man still shakes the snow from of his clothes and blows his handsThe man of March he sees the Spring and wonders what the year will bringAnd hopes for better weather. Through April rain the man goes down Read more about The Wheel of the Agricultural Year[…]
Capricorn earth and water Practical Work is going on 12-2am Deep sleep know that stuff is happening the elements / external forces the cold and wet are working on you softening your shell Trust Drop out of bottom of out breath Winter solstice – Jan 21st / end of lunation Chinese New Year Low energy Read more about Quiescence[…]
Casting bright moon shadows on cloudless nights as the temperatures start to tumble
End of 6 month cycle beginning with the Aquarius new moon on 1st February Bony, black, bottom-feeder, stirring up the silt on the riverbed, searching for food Also known as Ripe berries moon Mountain Shadows Moon, by the Tlingit people of the Pacific Northwest.
“Fair weather on St. Lawrence’s Day presages a fair autumn”.It is a fair day.