There are many stories about tree-related traditions at this time of year, the what and why of them, and how they came to be. I expect you know some of them. When it comes to stories about how the Solstice Tree came to be, however,…
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Solstice time calls me to pause for many reasons (as you have perhaps already noticed ;)). There may be many tasks to do and much that needs to be accomplished but Pause… Pause is a gift to make time for. I have often written about…
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The Winter Solstice season is a time of much contemplation; there’s something about the dark that calls that in. As I prepare the doorway and the path into Home this season, I reflect on what doors I have opened this year and which ones I’ve…
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The winds come at different times each year and I watch for them. Sometimes a great wind arrives and makes it easy to gather windfall. The City in which I used to live still has trees in some areas. When Great Wind comes it is…
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A little bit of Holly Magick. Let me introduce you to the first guest gracing this Solstice Season. She is a Holly Faerie and dances now among the huckleberry & holly branches of my chandelier. (Holly Faerie in mini-sculptural form was gifted to me some time…
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Hello Everyone. Surprise! Yes, I’m here sooner than anticipated. I’ve been sparked out of the silent dark by way of a request to “share some things you do during the holydays to honour them. Or even what you do leading up to the solstice and during. I would…
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Hello Dear Ones, I have two main messages today: Stop where you are; and Start where you are. We are in the last full moon cycle of the year. Now we see a moon half-lit going to full in about a week and then it…
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Moon & Sky It is the time of the waning moon. Now we move into the time after creation/activity-building time. There are still things to do but now the focus is on resting from efforts made; on clearing things away (like one would do in …
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Hello Dear Moon-lit Ones! How are you? Here we are under the Full moon now in Taurus. The eclipse portal closes today but its energies are still present. A Powerful time. Time to be inspired by the steps you/we have taken. Time to celebrate all…
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Hello Dear Ones! I sit here in this moment with you. The moon draws me forward into her growing light. The sun-fading season beckons me to cloak, draw in, be quiet, rest. Sky calls. Earth calls. Paintings whisper veiled knowings and presents of guidance. This…
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