The purple loosestrife just started to bloom down by the brook. It’s an undeniably spectacular plant, bringing color to parched summer meadows and brook edges. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that it blooms in the hottest months. That’s when strife’s stranglehold needs the most loosening, after all. Violent crime rates, including those for aggravated […]
Read More Loosing Strife, Druid-StyleThis past week has been one of splendiferous adventures in plant identification. My best friend recently introduced me to the New England Wildflower Society’s plant ID website, and it has been so much fun tracking down all manner of flowering plants. Blooming this week in the Assabet River bioregion, we have Common Cinquefoil, White Campion, Motherwort, […]
Read More Motherwort and Other CharactersI’ve written before about my perceptions of how the Powers (as they are called in Waincraft) shift for me in this bioregion with the turning of the seasons. This is the time of year I feel the influence of the Holy Earth most strongly. The hay is being brought in yet again from the fields, the […]
Read More The Holy Earth and the HarvesterSeed thought taken from Leaning into Mystery’s “Practicing Together” weekly series. I noticed that the blackberry stands along the wood line of the conservation land have their first crop ready for picking. There were a huge number of flowers this spring, and that promise has been fulfilled beyond expectations. There should be another batch ready in a week […]
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