Memory Lapse, Taxonomy, the Platonic Fallacy & The Common Sense
By Bill Felker Talk of mysteries! Think of our life in nature,–daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it,–rocks, trees, wind on our cheeks! The solid earth! The actual world! The common...
View ArticleLate Summer
Another great essay from Bill Felker’s lovely essays about his seasonal observations in Yellow Springs, Ohio, taken from Poor Will’s Almanack. This is from August 2004: When I get up before five these...
View ArticleThe Autumn of Life
by Edia Stanford-Bruce The year I turned 40, I disappeared. It had been coming on gradually, this “fading,” but I waved it away as the mere product of an over-active imagination or peri-menopausal...
View ArticleSkullduggery
by Reverend Judith Laxer I made a pact with my cat Wanda when she was about 3 or 4 years old. She was resting her head in the palm of my left hand, while I petted her from the tip of her nose to the...
View ArticleDescent: A Holy Longing
By Ruby Sara The radiators in our building came on two days ago. Their ominous and persistent tapping and clanging will now be our constant companion ’til spring. I admit to feeling a small thrill, the...
View ArticleCounting Leaves
Another great essay from Bill Felker’s lovely essays about his seasonal observations in Yellow Springs, Ohio, taken from Poor Will’s Almanack. This is from November, 2005: Thus times do shift; each...
View ArticleWho Is Santa Lucia?
By Joanna Powell Colbert By Joanna Powell Colbert One of the most charming customs of the Yuletide season is that of the Lucy Bride. She is the young woman or girl who wears a crown of candles on her...
View ArticleMy Favorite Calendars
Photo by Melissa Gayle West I love this time period between the end of one year and the beginning of a new one, when my new calendar is still empty and the old one is full of memories. I comb through...
View ArticlePagan Lent
First published in 2002 at School of the Seasons. When I mention the word “Lent” around my pagan friends, a curious thing happens. I watch as their faces go blank, they look away as if to say, “That’s...
View ArticleSpirit of Summer
By Waverly Fitzgerald Years ago as I was deep in the lore of holidays, I came upon one of those nuggets of information that answer a question you didn’t know you had. The question was: “Why are there...
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