Skip to main content

Blog

A grey squirrel sits in a tree behind the railing of a deck

World Habitat Day 2022

Today is World Habitat Day which I admit I thought was about wild habitats until I looked it up. The United Nations actually intended World Habitat Day to bring attention...
An altar laid out on a colored tablecloth with candles, ceramic bunnies, and a basket of colored eggs

Ostara 2022: What We Plant

To create the ritual for my upcoming Ostara ceremony, I revisited my research looking for themes. The vernal equinox marks the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere, which is...

Moon Magic: New Moon in Pisces

Each New and Full Moon I dig into lunar astrology to write my newsletter and to set the theme for the associated Turtle Journey. I am not an astrologer, but...
an American red squirrel stands on snow with one front foot against an outstretched human leg covered in snow pants

The Land and Me

I have been thinking about ecology, which is the study of how beings interact with each other and their environment, to better understand what terms like “eco-spirituality” and “spiritual ecology”...

Moon Magic: Full Moon in Leo

Each New and Full Moon I dig into lunar astrology to write my newsletter and to set the theme for the associated Turtle Journey. I am not an astrologer, but...
bust part of statue of St. Francis of Assisi showing him petting a beetle perched on his finger

St. Francis and the Wolf

When I began my research into St. Francis for an interfaith seminary essay, I knew little of him beyond his designation as patron saint of ecology and the animals. I...

Moon Magic: Second Quarter Moon in Taurus

Each New and Full Moon I dig into lunar astrology to write my newsletter and to set the theme for the associated Turtle Journey. I have recently begun to look...
statue of St. Francis of Assisi with a bird on his shoulder, behind an iron fence

St. Francis, Shaman

Last October I was asked to perform an informal blessing of the animals at my local community church on the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi. I knew little...
a grey squirrel sits on his haunches on snow covered ground behind a fallen branch

A Blanket of Snow

After a warmer-than-average December melted the little snow we received and early January froze that into a dangerous coating of ice, I appreciate the blanket of snow I see now....
a close up of a hemlock branch with small pine cones hanging from it and snow covering it

Meeting the Eastern Hemlock

It was an abundance of tiny pinecones dangling below the branches that brought my attention to the tree this winter. I had not paid much attention to this tree in...

Moon Magic: New Moon in Aquarius

Each New and Full Moon I dig into lunar astrology to write my newsletter and to set the theme for the associated Turtle Journey. I am not an astrologer, but...

Good Morning Blue Jay (Part 2)

About the same time the “Vs” of geese could be seen heading south, the blue jay who had become my friend disappeared. For a few days I continued to leave...