At its heart, this is a very simple practice. Eat Strawberries on the Summer Solstice On or close to the actual Solstice moment, stand in a field and eat a strawberry. Let yourself be in communion with the berry and the landscape and the sun. Freeze Strawberries on the Summer Solstice Rinse the berries and [...] Learn more →
This is the first daily email for our fire-focused week of Walking the Ways of the Summer Light. Emails the rest of the week support: contemplating fire as a natural element and from the Tarot tradition; going out for a wisdom wander in nature with cards in hand; and finding a question that will illuminate the way forward [...] Learn more →
Wandering along the Mill River pathway in mid-April, I encountered my first flowering Trout Lilies of the season. They raised their yellow petals just above the dead leaf litter on a turning of the path. I paused, then pulled from my notebook one of the handful of Tarot cards I carried. The Ancestor emerged and [...] Learn more →
Wisdom Wanders support you to attune to elemental wisdom, articulate the questions that are most important to ask right now, and, within Walking the Ways of the Summer Light, offer a seasonal practice to tend your soul. You can, of course, wisdom wander at any time of year. Also the practice can be modified to be [...] Learn more →
Welcome to Tending the Returning Light the second half of our Solstice-hinged ritual and retreat-in-everyday life. To join in the ritual, you may want to find a Solstice Seed of the New (don’t worry selecting this Seed any time after the Solstice). This the end of the final week of the ritual, but it opens [...] Learn more →