Yule

Yule 12th December is Lussi’s Night, a Northern European goddess and light bringer in the darkness. She is connected with a wild hunt horde called the lussiferda (lucifer?) rebranded and syncretised with Saint Lucia lussevaka, the night long vigil, to stay awake in vigil through lusinatt light carried around to ward off evil animals would Read more about Yule[…]

The week of blazing leaves and Apple harvest

The Exquisite chemistry of autumn colours  Are not caused by death or decay But rather exist dormant within the leaf it’s entire life And are only revealed When their work of generating green chlorophyll is done And these inner colours are revealed in translucent luminosity. Autumn colours – something understood Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfandhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000197l

Michaelmas – last day of blackberry picking

The Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels, the day st Michael fell to earth, landing on a blackberry bush & causing them all to shrivel. In medieval England, Michaelmas marked the ending and beginning of the husbandman’s year, George C. Homans observes: “at that time harvest was over, and the bailiff or reeve of the manor would Read more about Michaelmas – last day of blackberry picking[…]