A few weeks ago we stepped through a gateway.When the sun rose that morning, we entered the Light half of the year; six months with more day than night.The Girl Child archetype greets us every year at Spring Equinox, reminding us to pay attention to the themes of springtime and apply them …
joy
gratitude for early spring
I bet you've noticed.It's not early spring anymore.Trees are almost fully leafed out now, and gardens are beginning to flower in earnest.Here at Darkwood, the Black Pheobes are nesting, and my beloved favorite-of-all-time Wood Thrush has settled in for the summer. It's time to give …
poems for spring
raindrops hanging from branchesstill winter bare.longer lightcoaxes growth.a season of surfacing.***the luck ofa warm day in early springisgetting to clean out the ashesfrom the woodstove.***Greet the world,beaming through the bare trunksgolden, goldenglowing, glowing (this is a …
Wild Timing
I live in the wild.I don't have any grass, nor even daffodils. My "yard" is a rhododendron thicket with native dogwoods, towering poplars, and all manner of hardwoods and conifers.And almost nothing is budding yet. In town, there are streets lined with the most wonderful blooming …
Sprouting
Today the Earth floats level and we marvel at the phenomenon of balance.Tomorrow is the first day of the light half, when days are longer than nights for the first time in half a year.It's time to celebrate! And notice.I have a Spring Equinox poem for you.SproutingLet the new life arrive.Let it …