What an auspicious New Moon, occurring on Imbolc--one of my favorite cross-quarter holidays. The need to cleanse and refresh our lives at this time is coded in our DNA, as humans have been honoring this turn on the wheel for millennia. Below is what shaman, poet and mooncircles friend Jane Galer has to say about the holiday. Whether you live in northern snow, or the … [Read more...]
Imbolc
Busy with the usual thoughts, I forgot to celebrate Imbolc. My backyard oak remembered, surprising my house with sudden confetti. For weeks I’ve wondered about this oak. The rest of the neighborhood trees dropped their leaves long ago. Why does my oak keep hanging onto its dried-up soldiers—through rain, wind, and snow? Is it haunted by the past? Is it bound, like me, to old … [Read more...]
