Poets are not more important that other people, but because they write we can “meet them” from afar through their words. In these dark days I have been meeting Palestinian poets through their words after their deaths. Their words are beautiful. I thought to share them with you so you can meet them, too. Their [...] Learn more →
Six Winter Solstice Celebration Ideas & a Practice for Lament
To celebrate the Winter Solstice you are invited to do what best suits your soul. Some spend the day in solitary quiet. Others gather around celebratory bonfires with many friends and family. As the Solstices are generally not recognized on public or work calendars, you may have to find ways to work into a day [...] Learn more →
My Essential Offerings on Grief
The essential insight I have to offer is this: Grief changes. You change and the grief changes, and it all flows, yes, like a river with its white water and frozen edges, its quiet stretches and unfamiliar banks (though some surprise you with their beauty). Then the river reaches the ocean, and what you thought [...] Learn more →
Tending Week 3: Emergence
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). You can join the ritual in progress this week or catch up on [...] Learn more →
Tending the Returning Light Week One: What Can Be Born of Our Broken Parts
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 is just fine and New Year’s Day is a great time for doing so). [...] Learn more →