It is the longest night of the year.It is a night when people like us pause, no matter how frenzied the mainstream is.We pause and honor what is.What is is a long, dark night that's good for dreaming; a sweet day of resting, tending the mystical self, and aligning with the miracle of …
Dark Moon
The Dark Side
Today is not about light.This hemisphere has no momentum around light today at all.The momentum is all about the deep dark.The trees know it.The woodland critters know it.But we humans kinda struggle with it.So today I'm writing to you with some tips for how to celebrate and embrace the Deep Dark of …
How to Dream
I've used the image above as a Winter Solstice reminder for many years.It's a woodcut by artist Mary Azarian (brilliant, amazing, buy everything she makes).The image is of a woman sitting in her warm house, snug under a quilt, leafing through a seed catalog while it pours snow …
Rest Ye
Once upon a time, I spent 4 days in the hospital recovering from surgery.And I loved it.What I loved most was middle of the night. I'd wake up just enough to sense a nurse standing very near me, touching my arms, tucking me in, reading my vitals. Sometime a doctor would come in too. I'd …