When you mentioned Carolyn Hillyer, I held my breath in surprise - I only found out about Carolyn and her work a few weeks ago and since then she has been coming up so many times, in the most unexpected situations. The world is small after all :) and magical
Thank you for sharing 'Eye Mask'. It has me feeling a great personal loss at the passing of winter here in New Zealand. Not for the first time this past winter I truely recognised my need for darkness, coldness and retreat. Except as climate shifts become more and more obvious, the winter here becomes warmer and shorter. Only one frost this year. And a family member arrived for 6 weeks bringing with them a tangled, frenetic London life energy which swept all before it and had me seeking solace in the garden and paddocks when I would have loved to be in silence inside. She's a singer/songwriter and bought 'gear' with her. She flew back to the UK as spring here arrived early, and she seems to have left a thread of discontent everywhere. Neither I nor my husband feel like we've truely recovered yet. Some orphan lambs arrived early, the daffodils were a good month too soon, and because of our visitor I missed my hermetic time. Its Beltaine here tomorrow, it's hot and humid, and as the poem says, "I must still grow in the dark like a root not ready, not ready at all".
Congratulations on your award, I am so looking forward to 'Motherlands'!
Happy travels, Sharon! Northumberland is a wonderful county. My mother came from Rothbury and I’ve long loved the hills and wilderness there along the border. So many wonderful places there. Reiver country! Liminal in many ways, and still feeling wild and ancient. X
Congratulations on the award! I too feel this is a wonderful time in the year cycle of creativity...I love your comparison with a seed.
Samhain and blessings of the Cailleach to you, Sharon. Congratulations on your award, and I look forward to reading what Motherlands shall become.
Congratulations on the award ✨. And may your retreat be nourishing.
Loving the Hagitude program. I just wish I had more hours to delve in even deeper. Everyone’s contributions are all so rich. 🧡
Carolyn and I have known each other for a good while; she's also a guest teacher on my forthcoming Hagitude program. A wonderfully rooted woman.
When you mentioned Carolyn Hillyer, I held my breath in surprise - I only found out about Carolyn and her work a few weeks ago and since then she has been coming up so many times, in the most unexpected situations. The world is small after all :) and magical
Thank you for the letter, Sharon!
Wishing you an insightful Samhain
Yes! I also have only recently heard about Carolyn and am now working with her beautiful Weavers Oracle deck. What a rich resource it is.
Oh yes! I have the deck now too and it is indeed such such a deep, rich resource... fertile ground for the psyche to explore!
Thank you for sharing 'Eye Mask'. It has me feeling a great personal loss at the passing of winter here in New Zealand. Not for the first time this past winter I truely recognised my need for darkness, coldness and retreat. Except as climate shifts become more and more obvious, the winter here becomes warmer and shorter. Only one frost this year. And a family member arrived for 6 weeks bringing with them a tangled, frenetic London life energy which swept all before it and had me seeking solace in the garden and paddocks when I would have loved to be in silence inside. She's a singer/songwriter and bought 'gear' with her. She flew back to the UK as spring here arrived early, and she seems to have left a thread of discontent everywhere. Neither I nor my husband feel like we've truely recovered yet. Some orphan lambs arrived early, the daffodils were a good month too soon, and because of our visitor I missed my hermetic time. Its Beltaine here tomorrow, it's hot and humid, and as the poem says, "I must still grow in the dark like a root not ready, not ready at all".
Congratulations on your award, I am so looking forward to 'Motherlands'!
Congratulations on the Roger Deakin Award! I am grateful for your work in the world.
Congratulations on the Roger Deakin Award. SO well deserved, dear!
Thank you, lovely. And I hope your grieving heart is a little less raw with the passing of time. Our canine companions leave such a vast hole behind.
Happy travels, Sharon! Northumberland is a wonderful county. My mother came from Rothbury and I’ve long loved the hills and wilderness there along the border. So many wonderful places there. Reiver country! Liminal in many ways, and still feeling wild and ancient. X
Indeed. Once a borderlands person, always a lover of the liminal!
Congratulations on the award Sharon. Exciting times. X