Go into the darkness
To go into the dark with a light is to know the light To know the dark, go dark, go without sight And find that the dark, too, blooms and sings And is traveled by dark feet and dark ways” -Wendell Berry
Category: Wheel of the year
First frosts
Frost forms in swirling ferns and birds sing it’s praisecrows call far out across the fields and beyond. expanding my hearing and my heart as I follow the sounds into the beyond The average first frost for many inland areas in the UK and Ireland is within the first ten days of November later along the Read more about First frosts[…]
Diwali – lighting the beacon
The lights guide Rama and Sita home
The Dark time
November to Valentines Day “There was no one near to confuse me so I was forced to become original.” Haydn. Brew, Stew. Soften the shellRoot November. December. January. February
Samhain
Celtic for ‘summers end’, Samhain is one of the most important dates in the Celtic calendar, if not the most important. It marks the completion of one year and the beginning of another. Calan Gaeaf is the name of the first day of winter in Wales, observed on 1 November.[1] The night before is Nos Galan Gaeaf[1] or Noson Galan Gaeaf, Read more about Samhain[…]
Autumn Equinox – Mabon – Libra Season
20th- 23rdEqual hours of sunlight and darkness, before the northern hemisphere starts its descent into darkness. This is a time of farewell and gratitude for the Summer that has been. At this time, our ancestors saw the Lady who is the Spirit of the Land stand before her people with the full bounty of her Read more about Autumn Equinox – Mabon – Libra Season[…]
Autumn
Because the early Roman year began in March rather than January, the final four months of our year—September, October, November and December—were originally the seventh (septem), eighth (octo), ninth (novem), and tenth (decem) months of the Roman calendar. Holy, wood, harvest or barley month, For the Anglo Saxons, September was Hāligmonath, meaning “holy month,” (the Read more about Autumn[…]
August in the garden
https://www.sarahraven.com/articles/august-in-the-garden.htm There’s lots of pruning, deadheading and harvesting to be done in August, so if you’re off on your holidays make sure you get some help for your garden or plan ahead. You can also start preparing for the autumn veg patch and start to sow flowers for next spring. Bulbs and Tubers Harvesting Lovely Read more about August in the garden[…]
August
Golden August field. An oasis rising up out of a sea of Suburban streets and houses August brings the best bounty of the season—ripened tomatoes, beans, peas and corn. THE MONTH OF AUGUST August was named to honor the first Roman emperor (and grandnephew of Julius Caesar), Augustus Caesar (63 b.c.–a.d. 14). Find out the origin of each Read more about August[…]
Lammas – Lughnasa
The Festival Sabbat of Lammas Lughnassadh, Lugnasad August 1st/2nd It is now high summer and the union of Sun and Earth, of God and Goddess, has produced the First Harvest. Lammas is the celebration of this first, Grain Harvest, a time for gathering in and giving thanks for abundance. Mabon or the Autumn Equinox is the Second Read more about Lammas – Lughnasa[…]