Tag: autumn
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Ancestors, Ceremony, and Trauma
Today dawned gray and wet. We took advantage of the clock change, and slept in. Now, to the west the low overcast is raising. The oaks have turned abruptly; the maples have largely dropped their leaves and the breeze moves their bare branches. It is the sort of day that Thomas Hardy celebrated when he…
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Equinox
Yesterday was the Autumn Equinox, and I joined a goodly group of other folks who had gathered at the fishing pier to watch the sunset.
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Ancestors
On Saturday I met with a small group to teach practices for acknowledging, and working with, the ancestors. The time seemed propitious as the weekend coincided with sacred days honoring the dead in both the Catholic and Indigenous practices of the Americas. I was honored to spend time with these women, all of whom have…
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