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
The time of Fire
Beyond all polarities, I amLet the judgments and opinions of the mindBe judgments and opinions of the mindAnd you exist behind thatAh so, ah soIt’s really time for you to see throughThe absurdity of your own predicamentYou aren’t who you thought you wereYou just aren’t that personAnd in this very lifetimeYou can know itRight nowThe Read more about The time of Fire[…]
December almanac
The sun low cold stretches it’s fingers across the land Creeping deep down into the earth silence descends. Above ground Trees stand naked now As winter settles in Crisp air and indigo skies. Darkness early in the afternoon drifts rain in misty swirls glinting streetlights shine out of puddles and people hurry home It is Read more about December almanac[…]
December
The sun low cold stretches it’s fingers across the land Creeping deep down into the earth silence descends. Above ground Trees stand naked now As winter settles in Crisp air and indigo skies. Darkness early in the afternoon drifts rain in misty swirls glinting streetlights shine out of puddles and people hurry home It is Read more about December[…]
Gemini Full moon – Cold mourning moon
Moment to moment A deer meets me on the path and leads me into the forest To join its herd We enter the circle they hold And I sit, the deer beside me, quiet and calm The moon full and bright, shines down Illuminating the moment, the year I let go And the Black sludge Read more about Gemini Full moon – Cold mourning moon[…]
Winter
Monk: What happens when the leaves fall and the trees are bare?Union: The golden Wind, revealed.Hegikan Roku the blue cliff record.Yoga through the seasons Sandra sabatini,In Buddhism the Golden Wind is a metaphor for the reality that you can only experience and which we call God. From midway between Samhain and winter solstice, so the Read more about Winter[…]
Sagittarius
Sagittarius adventures post menopause Crone freedom A satyr Crotus, son of Pan, pointing arrow at the centre of the universe. Wild, rowdy, lustful creature with little respect for authority and proper manners. Sagittarius are born to explore explore and their quest for knowledge know no bounds. Knowledge makes them natural creative and entertaining Storytellers Final Read more about Sagittarius[…]
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[…]
Raven
Ravendean burn by Valerie Gilies https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b081lkl2 bbc radio 4 natural histories – the Raven