What does Christmas mean to you? I couldn’t make it home this Christmas—for the first time in years. I didn’t expect it to be so hard. To make up for it, I said yes to nearly everything that turned up: practising for five weeks to carol in a park, a street party, countdown lunches and dinners, church service, new recipes. I still couldn’t help missing my family intensely and I really wanted to connect to the joy of the season. I started to realise that I’d become so attached to spending Christmas in a certain way that it was taking me a while to just see the festival for what…
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It’s an emotional time for many—Cancer full moon, end-of-the-year feels, winter’s darkness, however you may see it. The winter solstice is the longest night of the year and its long hours of darkness signal a time for rest and release. Each year’s solstice is a little different, and each day, we are a little different. This year, the solstice is lit by a full moon—it’s a rare balance of light and dark, as the next full moon solstice is 76 years away in 2094! Wherever you are in the world this weekend, take a few moments to look up, look within. In our rough corners, in our dark places, may…
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I always thought I was a city girl. But that changed in the summer of 2013. Over a fortnight, I learned to love the forest the hard way—carrying pails of water, raking leaves for mulching, plucking and juicing for anti-pest spray for saplings.
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Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
