by Laura McMahon | Dec 12, 2022 | Blog Posts, Myth & Folk Stories, Seasonal Stories
Why do we hang mistletoe? What meaning does the shape of a wreath hold? Our Christmas and winter celebrations have a long and winding ancestral line of stories and folklore to delve into and there is nothing I love more than falling down a folklore rabbit hole....
by Laura McMahon | Dec 11, 2022 | Blog Posts, Making Stories, Seasonal Stories
Nurturing our creativity in winter can deepen our connection to the season and support our well-being. Creative artist and Author Becki Clark is a multidisciplinary creative designer inspired by seasonality and nature with over eight years of experience working in the...
by Laura McMahon | Dec 7, 2022 | Blog Posts, Myth & Folk Stories, Seasonal Stories
Why do we celebrate the winter solstice? Let’s start with the science. The Winter Solstice is the point of the year at which the path of the sun in the sky is farthest south. Here in the Northern Hemisphere this occurs in December, between the 20th to the 23rd...
by Laura McMahon | Sep 14, 2022 | Blog Posts, Seasonal Stories
“The flame-red moon, the harvest moon, rolls along the hills, gently bouncing, a vast balloon, till it takes off, and sinks upward to lie on the bottom of the sky, like a gold doubloon. The harvest moon has come, booming softly through heaven, like a bassoon....
by Laura McMahon | Jul 19, 2022 | Blog Posts, Making Stories
As I sit to write this, it’s a scorching 32 degrees outside and the summer heat is intense. Of all the seasons, I find summer the most joyful, yet it often packs a melancholy punch. Being a mother of school-age kids, each summer’s arrival inevitably brings with it an...
by Laura McMahon | Jun 23, 2022 | Blog Posts, Seasonal Stories
“August of another summer, and once againI am drinking the sun” Mary Oliver – The Pond Summer seems to slip by so quickly. It’s a feeling that reminds me of beach days when the tide plays tricks on us. One minute the water is miles away, then before we...
