As I write, we're marking a painful anniversary in these parts. One year ago, Hurricane Helene tore us up. It was a brutal, indescribable storm. Lives were lost. So were homes, businesses, and a general sense of "economy". Over the last year we have healed, and not-healed at all. We've …
Wisdom Keeper
Lineage
I love the scenes in British dramas where a kid is learning to recite all the Kings & Queens of England. The kid usually turns it into a little song to help remember which Henry or Elizabeth. It's cute. Royals aside, I've learned that lineage can mean a lot. Lineage can be a point of …
Invoking the Wisdom Keeper
In ritual, invocations are used not only to honor Nature, but also as a way to open and unfurl each participant's mind, reminding her of the wisdom, capacity, and potential she has access to. Speak this invocation aloud or read it silently, use it for yourself or a group, say it daily or only in …
on purpose
This essay comes two days after the 2024 US presidential election, and about six weeks after Hurricane Helene. It's tempting to give up. Yesterday morning I woke up and felt like doing just that. I felt a "fuck it" wash over me, a hair-raising fear, and a deep loneliness. As though I …
who were the witches?
I learned this song when I was 17 years old, travelling through Yellowstone on a school bus filled with other Girl Scouts. I’ve been singing it to my classes for decades, and twenty years ago when my nieces were little, they requested it at bedtime (I bet they can …