These are the things my garden told me

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Time is a spiral
Two weeks to full circle and musings on the connected crises of our times
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Ēostre
I woke up thinking of the garden, which is as it should be.
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On imbalance
The autumn equinox and the gifts of the darker half of the garden year
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Breathe
I am sat at my laptop staring at the garden trying to find the words.
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Lughnasadh, again
A publication week excerpt from Uprooting
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After Solstice
And a July excerpt from Uprooting
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Tipping point
The grip of winter lingers, hard to shake off like a knot deep between my shoulder blades.
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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.
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Imbolc
I wake on the last day of January with a strong urge to tidy the house.
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Garden time
Beltane fires and an excerpt from Uprooting
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Nearing Harvest
It is nearly the end of the school year.
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Lughnasadh
I try to understand the wound.
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