Fireflies, cicadas, and other kin: a climate change story
I rescued a firefly this morning, giving it a lift outside from the bathroom floor. What would Summer be without fireflies? To my dismay, climate change may yield an answer.
Approaching the Equinox
“Your call is important to us. Please hold . . . ” What is pertinent right now ahead of the Equinox? What do the cards say?
Writing in 2021
What would be the best use of our writing talents in the coming season? I asked the cards for wisdom to share with my fellow writers. Be the messenger. Though...
Enter Aquarius
The great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn on Dec 21st, the Solstice, was a threshold to a new era. I co-created and participated in a series of evolutionary rituals that...
Saved Places
Can you picture a future with scarce water, scarce green plants, no trees? Small and remote insular communities bound together by necessity? Climate fiction is often dystopian because …
Litany for the Earth
Consider: the world needs evolutionary change. Not the kind of evolution that’s slow and increment. Evolutionary as in revolutionary, transformative. Consider:
Ecosystems are People
Rivers, wild rice, the animal kingdom, and other elements of Nature are People. The right of Nature to exist, to regenerate…does not detract from human rights.
Brighid 2020
February 1st in the Northern Hemisphere is a time to listen to the stirring of the seeds in the ground. Listen. Deep down. What seeds speak to you? What do...
Reclaiming the Threads
The veil is thin and it’s time for Witches and various traditions to commune with our ancestors of blood and legacy. Last month at my tradition’s international gathering, we crafted a spell that
Ki: Pronoun of the Revolution
How do we address and refer to non-human beings? Relegating trees and canines to the same classification as a metal table, an it: nope, doesn’t feel right. I attended a talk with