Bealtaine, otherwise known as May Day, is the Gaelic festival celebrating the return of Summer usually falling on May 1st.

“We can sense the world around us only because we are entirely a part of this world, because - by virtue of our own carnal density and...

FEBRUARY 2022 Feb 5: The past is always present By Jess How transparent and unashamed a forest is of their past. How unafraid they are of...

JANUARY 2022 Jan. 2: Winter Woes By Jess Today it snowed, and although the inner child in me is bursting with delight I’m also deeply...

DECEMBER 2021 "We don’t need more gurus, more yoga teachers, more life coaches. We don’t need any more human teachers. We need to engage...

Winter Solstice falls on Dec. 21st (in the northern hemisphere) and is the time when light is born out of the womb of winter's darkness.

NOVEMBER 2021 “In the mystery and the energy of loving, we all view time's shadow upon the beloved... We do not think of it every day,...

OCTOBER 2021 "Look, I want to love this world as thought it’s the last chance I’m ever going to get to be alive and know it." - Mary...

“We need to dream the dark as process, and dream the dark as change, to create the dark in a new image. Because the dark creates us." ―...

“Mushrooms were the roses in the garden of that unseen world, because the real mushroom plant was underground. The parts you could see -...

SEPTEMBER 2021 It’s early in the days of September and I’m noticing a palpable difference in my overall mood and wellbeing. As the air...

On this sacred day in the cycle of the seasons, we are being made ready to let go, to release and unburden ourselves from the deadweight of

"Fungi are the original angels. Angel in its oldest root of the word: messenger from the Hebrew mal'akh and Old English aerendgast. Root...

AUGUST 2021 August 1: Harvesting Elderberry By Jess It’s an overcast, humid day, and the sky is threatening rain. Likewise, my body feels...

sa·​cred | \ ˈsā-krəd 2b: entitled to reverence and respect 5b: highly valued and important Etymology: from obsolete verb sacren "to make...

This being human thing is messy, right? Wouldn’t it be so nice if things were just easy? So, what if it was designed that way for a...

JULY 2021 July 1-4: Mountain Magick By Jess The first few days of July were spent immersed in the predominantly oak-hickory forests of...

“The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it...

"The raw tomato, devoured in the garden when freshly picked, is a horn of abundance of simple sensations, a radiating rush in one's mouth...

JUNE 2021 Feet on earthskin. Cool fresh breath of early morning. Sunlight reaching with warm glowing fingertips. Locate yourself in place...