I live in Western Maryland, which means that September often still feels like summer for us. Temperatures in the 90s aren’t unusual. What generally changes first is the early mornings and late evenings. We start being able to open the windows overnight to cool off our homes. There’s a crispness to the air that promises…
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One of the viewpoints common in Pagan spiritual practice involves our perception of the flow of time. We see the passage of the seasons as a yearly cycle, often referred to as the Wheel of the Year. Our experience of that Wheel shifts back and forth between light and darkness: the brighter, growing half of…
Here in the lowlands of Western Maryland, it’s finally beginning to feel like Autumn. The first evenings with a chill in the air are here and as a seasonal eater, I was excited to return soups and stews to my meal planning. As I contemplate the different shifts and changes of the coming cooler, darker…
Sometime during summer, I go a little dormant. The high heat and humidity where I live in the mid-Atlantic weighs heavily on me. I begin to drift, to slip into the doldrums. I tend to slide out of my patterns of practice and choose checking out rather than dialing in. I go through the motions…