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Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'Spellbound', by Emily Brontë
The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me And I cannot, cannot go. The giant trees...
Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'The Legend of the Winter Rose', by Kenn Allan
The path beyond the garden gate Weaves 'round the olive trees And leads to where the flowers sway Upon a gentle breeze. Behind the heads...
What can we learn from how Nature spends Winter?
Life's adaptations to the cold and dark part of the year demonstrate how time and patience, in the end, teach us how to survive....
How to do Animal hand Shadow Puppets
Fun for all the family, big kids and small, young and old alike. How to do animal hand shadow puppets!
Ecstatic music from the mystic Hildegard Von Bingen
"The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. This Word manifests itself in every creature, Holy persons draw...
Wren Day - December 26th
Going out on 'The Wran' was a strong tradition that I grew up with in the Mealagh Valley in West Cork. We would all dress up in all sorts...
Shetland folk tradition of Skelling, Skeklers and Guising
'For ‘a coarn o meal, a penny o money, ir a piece o flesh’ a handful of grain, penny of money, or piece of meat.' Any evidence of...
Vision
If we will have the wisdom to survive, to stand like slow growing trees on a ruined place, renewing, enriching it... then a long time...
Hibernation
It’s that time of year when the call of winter invites us to retreat here in the northern hemisphere. To rest deeply into the boundless...
The Light of the Christ Child
Today’s light emanates from the Christian story that God’s son was born to Mary, a virgin, in a stable in Bethlehem, to save mankind from...
Seasonal Poetry & Prose: 'Old Christmas', by Mary Howitt
Now he who knows old Christmas, He knows a carle of worth; For he is as good a fellow As any upon earth. He comes warm cloaked and...
The Light at the edge of the Woods
I chose the lamp post from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe as today’s source of light primarily because it’s tied into many...