Imbolc asks us to wake up, to pay attention. Imbolc marks the halfway point between the Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox and represents the quickening of Mother Earth, when life stirs deep within the land, bringing the promise of spring. Imbolc comes on February 2 this year, although in some places it is celebrated [...]
The fields lay fallow, the crops are harvested, and the darkness grows each day as we move toward the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. For me, this is a melancholy time of the year, when lingering twilight sends me spinning back to ancient times, remembering the need to keep the hearth fires burning, and [...]
As I write this blogpost, we’re still in the energy of the New Black Supermoon. In my tradition, this is a time for setting intentions for what we need, or would like, to bring into our lives. It is a time of increasingly. Also, as I write, the Wheel of the Year spins onward, and [...]
Spring takes courage. Winter requires trust – believing that the darkness and the cold will truly end. Spring requires us to act. To do more. To do different. And sometimes, to do the same, repeatedly. Spring demands that, at least for a moment in time, we stand poised to act, not from a place of [...]
Imbolc asks us to wake up, to pay attention. Imbolc marks the halfway point between the Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox and represents the quickening of Mother Earth, when life stirs deep within the land, bringing the promise of spring. Imbolc comes on February 1 this year. Mother Earth awakens, even as it feels [...]
"When we truly grasp for the first time that the symbol of woman can be a vessel of the sacred, that it too can be an image of the Divine, our lives will begin to pivot," says author Sue Monk Kidd in The Dance of the Dissident Daughter. Clay bowls made by potter friends, wooden [...]
This year, 2019, numerologically, is a “three” year (2+0+1+9 = 12; 1+2 = 3). I’ll share much more about the numerology of 2019 as we move through the year, but in this first blog post of the year, I want to focus on three aspects of the power of three: the celebration of the journey [...]
I invite you to embrace the darkness. Embrace the stillness that can only come from the depth of those dark places within you. On a cold night recently, I stood on my porch, enveloped in soft darkness, penetrated only by sparkling stars. All was silent. There was no wind. The tide was low and the [...]
When I send birthday cards to friends, I often write, “May you learn next year’s lessons gently.” I forget that, while I think of time as linear, it’s really a circle, a wheel of evolution and revelation. I’ve also learned – and continue to learn – that requests we send out to the Universe often [...]
“And learn to winter-appreciate before winter comes” is a line from a poem written by a friend who long ago crossed over. Reading these words during this darkening time of the year makes me want to curl up with a cup of tea and contemplate the mysteries of the universe and my place in it. [...]
