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On imbalance
The autumn equinox and the gifts of the darker half of the garden year
Sep 25
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August 2023
Lughnasadh, again
A publication week excerpt from Uprooting
Aug 1
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July 2023
Time is a spiral
Two weeks to full circle and musings on the connected crises of our times
Jul 22
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Nearing Harvest
It is nearly the end of the school year. My calendar swells and spills with an abundance of activity, an overgrowth of social engagement. Activities…
Jul 11
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After Solstice
And a July excerpt from Uprooting
Jul 4
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May 2023
Garden time
Beltane fires and an excerpt from Uprooting
May 1
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April 2023
Ēostre
I woke up thinking of the garden, which is as it should be. Of putting my hands to the crumbly dark earth and meeting its creatures living there. Of…
Apr 9
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March 2023
Tipping point
The grip of winter lingers, hard to shake off like a knot deep between my shoulder blades. A cold discomfort in my heartspace. Breathe into it, the…
Mar 20
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February 2023
From the belly of the earth
I recognise the feeling now, my fourth cycling through this mark in the year, the third time while paying attention. A restlessness, an urge to sort…
Feb 5
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May 2022
Breathe
I am sat at my laptop staring at the garden trying to find the words. The garden is teeming with life, but I am thinking about death. I get up and go…
May 25, 2022
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December 2021
Uprooting a new year
I had planned to spend the last day of the year in the garden. Planting the last bulbs, sowing the first seeds. I woke up dreaming of the metaphors it…
Dec 31, 2021
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November 2021
Death, Love, Samhain
If the sun never sets on the British Empire, let me be of the realms of the moon. Nothing new has been said under the sun, but when I speak I find my…
Nov 3, 2021
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