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Crossings (opens the original)
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Light and dark come into balance once again as we move across the autumnal equinox here in the northern hemisphere. Each year the Earth offers us a ‘celestial reminder’ to pay attention and honor what’s coming, to make ready for the march toward the gathering dark. Winds from the north have increased and newly yellowed leaves are swirling to the ground in surrender to the seasonal shift. I always appreciate this time of cooling, even while darkness falls earlier and earlier eac
Holy Wild Things (opens the original)
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Crossing the Threshold (opens the original)
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I read this passage yesterday, shared from an organization called Friends of the Forest: On the last day of August, the women knew to walk slowly.They knew the day was not an ordinary day. It was the eve of the turning — the last afternoon before September stepped forward with her cooler light and her shorter hours and her long amber shadows falling across the fields.And they knew that on such a day, an Ancient was waiting.She has no other name. She has only ever been called the Ancient at the T
St. Croix Camping (opens the original)
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In 2008, I lived in the middle of St. Paul, one street north of University Avenue in the Hamline Midway neighborhood. There was no light rail yet, and I was working my first job as a health coach from an office in Bloomington (which meant commuting to the other side of the metro area). I’d been married for about a year, and my sister-in-law (who was also living in the twin cities) and I decided to go on a camping trip. And that camping trip destination? It was Interstate State Park, near St. Cro
The abundance (opens the original)
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