This is the solstice, the still point 

of the sun, its cusp and midnight, 

the year’s threshold 

and unlocking, where the past

lets go of and becomes the future; 

the place of caught breath, the door 

of a vanished house left ajar.

~  Margaret Atwood ~

Greetings to all my precious people!!

We are in the midst of transition to Winter, the time of deep reflection, inward movement and incubation.   For those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice occurred on Thursday, December 21st, marking the shortest day and the longest night of the year. This cycle of Nature has arrived consistently throughout millenia, reflecting the natural rhythm of the Universe that is also part of our own rhythms as a human being made of stardust.  continue reading »