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 …
Light half
Spring Equinox invocation
Invocations are a necessary part of a ritual. They not only create an atmosphere of connection and protection, they also kindle the wisest territories of the psyche. The little darlin' in each line is inspired by the lyric in Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles. For maximum fun, …
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 …
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 …