It’s a beautiful day where I am in Virginia. I live on a mountain at the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains, right off of the Shenandoah Valley. My mountain is the starting place of the Rappahannock River. Yes, I am blessed.          This winter, I’ve been...

Yule or Winter Solstice has always been a powerful portal, throughout time. There are numerous prehistoric sites around the world, aligned to the Solstice sunrise, e.g. Stonehenge in the UK, Newgrange in Ireland, Karnak Temple in Egypt, Chaco Canyon, USA. Solstice...

  The time around Samhain or Halloween, is a powerful one. From time immemorial, the final harvest comes in, and Winter is felt at the end of October. The wheel of the year turns towards increasing darkness. Nature sheds her leaves and dies. The time of Samhain is the...