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It is clear and cold this morning in Chapel Hill. Grey squirrels are running wild spirals up the leafless oaks as I write this. A light breeze is blowing. The sky is a cloudless blue. The sunlight has a crisp metallic quality. My daughter is sitting on the couch reading a graphic novel. It's a quiet...
May you and your kin feel both rooted and free! May we walk in gratitude with our Ancestors! May all being and becoming receive nourishment!
I give thanks to the fertile Mystery that precedes, and is Mother to all manifestation.
I give thanks to the Dreaming and dreams, to Absence and Presence.
I give thanks to the Heavens and the Earth, to North and South, East and West, to Center and Spaciousness.
I give thanks to all kin; those who have come before, those who are here with us, and those who have not yet arrived.
I give thanks to the sun, the moon and the stars; to water and wind, to soil and stone, and to life in all her myriad expressions.
I give thanks to the turn of the seasons, the ebb and flow of the tides, the pulsation of breath, and the beat of the heart.
I give thanks to all being and becoming, and to that which is between.
I give thanks for the miraculous opportunity to be here in this moment living, learning, loving, and growing.
I give thanks to you witnessing these words.
May you and your kin feel both rooted and free! May we walk in gratitude with our Ancestors! May all being and becoming receive nourishment!
May you and your kin feel both rooted and free! May we walk in gratitude with our Ancestors! May all being and becoming receive nourishment!
Welcome to August! Here in Chapel Hill we have had some cooler mornings and evenings. This has been welcome respite from the intensity of much of the Summer. Bluebirds sing at dawn. Baby box turtles are hatching. Queen Ann's Lace, or wild carrot, is blooming. Pegasus rises in the north. How are the....
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It is verdant here in the North Carolina Piedmont. Damsel flies and turtles abound. Whip-poor-wills call. Strawberries have come and almost gone. Hydrangeas and magnolias bloom. Traditionally scheduled schools are wrapping up. Outdoor pools are open. Summer is well and truly here. Yang continues to....
Summer begins on May 6th this year. Although it's been on the cooler side this week, Summer is the season of fire, the heart, and flourishing yang. We can observe this in longer days, thriving plant life, and the increased activity of our other than human kin. In the North Carolina Piedmont, the gra...
May you and your kin feel both rooted and free! May we walk in gratitude with our Ancestors! May all being and becoming receive nourishment!
Spring is within the Wood phase. Wood is resonant with east, beginnings, growth, movement, wind, thunder, liver, gallbladder, green, and creativity. This is not an exhaustive list, but hopefully gives a sense of some of the connections amongst the forces and dynamics in the external and internal env...
The three months of spring one calls “issuing and laying out”. Together Heaven and Earth give life, The myriad creatures thereby blossom. Sleep at night and rise early, Stroll at ease around the yard, Loose the hair and relax the body, Allow intent to come to life. - from Suwen Chapter 2
I want to remind you of something that you already know. There has never been and will never be a being who is exactly like you. The entire history of being-and-becoming since the birth of this universe had to unfold for you to be here at this moment reading these words. If you're so inclined, take....
Before we go down the rabbit hole (tortoise tunnel?) of the causal implications of climate change, there's a couple of other considerations to keep in mind.
On the days Mada (for those who don't know, my 12 year old kid) and I are together, this is part of how we begin our day.
The Beginning of Autumn arrives in the midst of robust heat and damp. This may strike some as odd given that autumn is associated with Metal/Dryness. Remember that we are moving through cyclical processes. Yang reached its limit at the Summer Solstice and began to wane. Yin is waxing. Days are getti...
With the Summer Solstice the phase shift from Yang-expansion to Yin-consolidation commenced. Days have begun to get shorter, yet heat continues to increase. How does that work? Imagine how long it takes a bullet train to slow down after the brakes are applied. When the 12 principal channels are...
Red Bird's wings unfurl Yang reaching ever outwards Summer is vibrant!
Hello Friends! Apricot Jam is taking a Summer break.
We'll be back soon with more conversational jazz.
While the morning temperatures might make this hard to believe, Summer began on May 5th! Day length, the main expression of yang tracked through the Solar Nodes, has appreciably lengthened. Summer is often called "the season of flourishing." Life is bursting forth in myriad expressions! Continue...
Episode 37 is a jam with Robert C***s where we explore tea, Daoism, meditation, martial arts and more!
Hope you enjoy!
New episode with Loan Guylaine Tran. Hope you enjoy this beautiful conversation which wanders and ranges through activism, contemplative practices, internal martial arts, buddhism, daoism, parenthood and so much more.
Link in comments.
Pink azaleas bloom.
Birdsong welcomes the dawn. Spring
Time is clear and bright.
Pink azaleas bloom. Birdsong welcomes the dawn. Spring Time is clear and bright.
New Jam with Issac Saul of readtangle.com.
If you don't know Tangle, it's a "a non-partisan politics newsletter that summarizes the best arguments from the right and the left on the news of the day. 100% independent and ad-free, with no investors and only reader support."
Great writing and sane perspectives. Link below.
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