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 →

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 →

The height of this moonth’s cycle comes with the full moon arriving early morning on Friday, the 19th (exact at 3:57am ET), and offers a revelation about how the lunar energies initiated on the November 4th new moon are developing. The new moon, guided by its association with Death, the 6 of Cups, and King [...] Learn more →

We’ve had a long wait for fall here in New England. For months, we’ve been looking at the trees and wondering when the bright reds will appear and yellows overtake the green. Naturally some years are more muted than others, but this warm year it’s the timing that has changed. Only during this last week [...] Learn more →