Queens, Monarchs, & Hummers: August’s Farewell
August 31st, Lightspring Glen ::: Despite intentions otherwise to capture and share some August moments in writing before today, tomorrow we will welcome in September. The original draft of this piece began with a note that despite weeks of little rain, “the countryside still holds its lush greens”. We felt fortunate around here that this…
The Door is round and open….
Late evening, Sunday, May 15th, just past 10:30……the gleaming orb of the enormous Scorpio Full Moon slowly begins to dim. Earth’s shadow touches her lower corner starting the Eclipse’s slow sensual slide over Grandmother Moon. Given the forecast of “mostly-cloudy”, it felt a miracle that we were going to be witness to this wonder unfolding…
Radical Self-Love: Journaling-Power
Valentine’s Day + 1, 2022 Hoping that your Valentine’s Day brought you all sorts of things-of-the-heart! But if a generous dose of self-care and self-love wasn’t among these, I’m delighted to offer this here! Today! The lovely woman with the beaming smile–my longtime friend & sister-Adventurer, Mari L. McCarthy–has just released her newest book, Mindset…
Imbolc ~ Fulfilling Solstice’s Promise
In the final months of 2021, disheartened by personal burdens and the larger world’s chronic chaos, I welcomed the arrival of the dark time of the Earth’s slow-cycling Wheel. Whether the outer or inner realms, it’s a time that invites the release of things that no longer serve, allowing a needed composting. And for this…
Falling Into the Light
By this time of early Spring–a little more than three weeks after the Vernal Equinox–the first rays of the morning Sun touch down in the backyard around 7:30. Situated on the gentle west slope of Richardson Hill, I can see the day’s light arriving on the ridge a half mile away before the Sun reaches…
Legacy of Endurance
February, 2021 It was perhaps a month or so into 2020’s sheltering-in-place life, that I began to take fresh notice of this particular family photo among the others in the corner of my living room. Living alone–something I most always enjoy, even savor–this new sort of isolation was requiring some focused mental and emotional adjustment.…
Winter Solstice 2020 ~ Traveling On
As Autumn progressed in this singular year, apart from the ever-present presence of the Pandemic, what played through my mind and heart often was that on December 11th I would celebrate the 7th anniversary of coming to Lightspring Glen. It was on that day in 2013 that my wonderful realtor and friend, Barbara, accompanied me…
Homing: Thanksgiving 2020
Two Owls and the Wild Geese 2013, late November — I was excitedly counting down the days to my fated appointment with the folks at the National Bank of Delhi who would guide me through the legal process of becoming the new owner of these seven hillside acres of woods, streams, and ponds—and also a…
70th Spring ~ View from this Hill
This west-sloping hillside on Richardson Hill has been my home for five years now. And with this fifth Spring, it is no less marvelous to once again witness the land at last shedding its somber Winter garb and slipping into the first tender greens. Its arrival at Lightspring Glen was decidedly sharp-edged this year. The…
Golden Spiral Journey 