I’ve noticed a growing dissonance between the traditional Wheel of the Year, its eight festivals neatly spaced six weeks apart, and the actual turning of the seasons in my part of the world. Unlike the Wheel, which so neatly fits into our calendar, the seasons no longer feel entirely reliable or predictable. Nor does their … Continue reading new world, new wheel
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Lammas – making space for the chaos and the compassion
Want me to read this to you? Click here. I’m watching two large sycamore trees ripple as I write; the wind is pushing gently from the west to twist half of its leaves onto their backs, revealing their pale bellies to the last of the day’s sunlight. It is a marked change from this morning … Continue reading Lammas – making space for the chaos and the compassion