What I Want

What I want is to be a summer drink served with a straw in a coconut husk. An intoxicating space for my own soul to reside. I want to reach for the sun like a vine of morning glory on a fence post, knowing it's warmth will set me free. I want to roam wildly... Continue Reading →

On Friday

On Friday we sit with coffee. We stare into the fog and listen to birds through a slightly open window while holding space for the sun to burn through the remnants of last night's dreams. In between sips we have spiritual negotiations with the ram about our "flow" and equilibrium and how we cannot breathe... Continue Reading →

Ascending

Upon ascending, our winter's dirge can be heard from miles away. So much ash and bone scattered in the just barely warmer winds gifted by the Maiden. We wash our feet in the still cold creek and shake the dirt from our hair; our hands still stained with the sweet blood of pomegranate and loss.... Continue Reading →

The Bone Women

Spring, our hidden hope, wanders the wasteland. She touches the edges of frozen spaces, then disappears back into the dark forest. She too is still woozy with winter slumber, making her way up the final portion of the staircase inside herself. And we are following her ritual with fever dreams and bone broth. Our cloaks... Continue Reading →

From the Bogs

A sorrowful rain befell my desire, and I dreamt of a hooded fox woman who haunted these mountains long before they were first laid bare. Long before the ax, the saw and the realization that the blackness buried deep within the creases of earth made fire for the greed of men. She stood at the... Continue Reading →

A Prayer for Endings

Oh, good vulture and other kindred vessels; masters of transformation and alchemists of loss. To all the ones who circle overhead, I give you my sorrow that this life has passed so quickly to here and now, my grief for what I did not know when I was young, and my anger at the loss... Continue Reading →

Imbolc

The quickening moon is upon us. The flutter of a heart from somewhere deeper than our sorrow, a lamb sleeps inside her mother's woolen belly, and Brigid guides the hands of the women who tend to the hearth fire. The winter winds howl their protests while underground the roots stir. "We are coming", they whisper.... Continue Reading →

Lessons from January

January is for digging though shadows, searching for deeper comfort. For wrapping oneself in the fur you've borrowed from the wolf inside your heart and sleeping like the bear beneath the frozen ground. We belong to the hearth fire and the frosted whiskers of the horses. January tells us to "stay where you are" while... Continue Reading →

In Mid-Winter

A coyote howls while the dark moon hides beyond our view. We are singing the song of the lonesome nights and the January winds. Kneeling over bones and curled up underground, we wait. There is no respite here. We wait. We wait for Imbolc to bring us hope. We wait while the trees scream above... Continue Reading →

A Story of the Wolf Moon

It has been told that on the night of Winter Solstice, which was the night that Love was born, the animals spoke in human tongue and gave Love gifts that were theirs alone to give. The wolf, wild and free, bid hello to his fellow creatures and bore them no fear on that sacred night.... Continue Reading →

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