You know those stickers they pass out at meet & greets?They say, "Hello, I'm", and then you write your name on the sticker. Once you've written your name in it, you slap that baby on your shirt and wear it so people know who you are and what to call you.In other words, you tell people your …
Mermaid
An invocation for The Mermaid moon
We do invocations in a ritual for many reasons.It's a way to honor the land where we to live and it's features.It's a way to "call in" the support of nature, angels, ancestors, and guides.But my favorite reason is to kindle genius and light up the psyche.When we face a direction and …
a poem for the waning green
Over the weekend we crossed a threshold together. Some of us were relieved, and others maybe not so much. Either way, it was the Autumn Equinox. Our dear Earth floated level in space for a day, and now she tilts this hemisphere slowly away from the sun. We are in the Deep, Dark half …
Ritual for the Mermaid moon
See that moon in the sky today? It's a third quarter moon, half light and half dark, waning toward dark. At Darkwood we call that The Mermaid moon. Why? Because it looks just like the Earth during Mermaid season (now); half light and half dark, waning toward dark. In Mermaid …
Still Falling in Love
[written in October 2020] Last night was beautiful. And painful. I sat alone on my porch in the dark, listening to the last crickets singing in the trees and watching Mars rise over the eastern ridge, glimmering red. It was warm enough to be outside with a sweater and a scarf. The woods …
