Seasonal

A pewter bowl filled with water and fairy lights for a Summer Solstice ritual

A Summer Solstice Ritual Inspired by My Dying Husband

  My husband died two years ago. He had Alzheimer’s. We had been married for 41 years. I cared for him at home until the end. Ours was what family and friends called a fairy tale marriage. Odd as it might sound at first, his dementia journey and my experience as his caregiver inspired the […]

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Winter Solstice altar of evergreens, white birch logs, and assorted candles

Ritual: Winter Solstice Messages from the Trees

It’s mid-December. The trees are bare, the ground frozen. Daylight disappears around 4 pm. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice marks the longest night of the year. Festivities celebrate the promise that the Sun, with its life-giving warmth, is making its way back to us. With the season of snow, sleet and ice is […]

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