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Happy New Year! A Blessing For 2023 May we: Have more compassion for ourselves and others. Forgive our past mistakes and ill behaviors. Trust in our intuition and believe ourselves when we are telling ourselves the truth. Build our wildness into abundance. Feel our way …
As we head into the weekend and a blizzard here at Spring Bird, I want to wish you Happy Holidays! Take care of yourselves!!!!
Listen to the latest episode of the Woolgathering Podcast! In this episode, Grandma begins to really worry, and Beatriz and the witches work through the problems at hand.
When I was little, I loved the book “The Christmas Day Kitten” by James Herriot. Not only did I covet a tiny kitten for Christmas, but I also wanted to flop on the ground in front of the fireplace alongside Herriot’s large, droopy basset hounds. …
This wayfaring tree has been calling to me. It grows near our patio, and I don’t remember its leaves remaining this far into December. They are such a lovely shade of purple. It is said that if you come across a wayfaring tree, you are …
This image is the cover of the “Winter 2022” Issue of Woolgathering. It’s the final issue of Woolgathering, my nature magazine devoted to our connection to the seasons, and it should be landing in mailboxes today! This year, I featured chairs on the covers of …
As a second grader I stood in front of an enormous Tom turkey during a field trip to a turkey farm. He strutted and stretched his wings, wobbled his gobble, and looked at us menacingly with his multicolored bald head. Who was this creature? I …
Listen to the latest episode of the Woolgathering Podcast! In this episode, we follow Gloria as she makes her way to the witches’ village and unwittingly frees Professor Brenton, but as it turns out, he is not the only freed. Others will show their true …
This letter was originally published in the 2022 Fall Issue of Woolgathering: Dearest Spring Bird, Let it be known that on this day and this day forward, I pledge allegiance to your land and to all who grow, inhabit, dwell, live, thrive and worship there, …
I have thoroughly delighted in making stickers for each edition of the Woolgathering Magazine. Each season, I get to design a sticker that resonates with that particular issue. This creative process satisfies my inner child, who had a sticker collection which she solemnly preserved in …
More mushrooms! This was an illustration for the postcard that accompanied the Fall Issue of Woolgathering. Maybe it’s a mushroom forest?
Humans have considered mushrooms to be an important part of our cultures and diets throughout our time. In writing the Fall Issue of Woolgathering, I enjoyed learning just how captivating mushrooms have been for us. Did you know Lithuanians called mushrooms “the fingers of Velnias,” …
Humans have considered mushrooms to be an important part of our cultures and diets throughout our time. In writing the Fall Issue of Woolgathering, I enjoyed learning just how captivating mushrooms have been for us. Did you know that there are 2,000 year old petroglyphs …
Humans have considered mushrooms to be an important part of our cultures and diets throughout our time. In writing the Fall Issue of Woolgathering, I enjoyed learning just how captivating mushrooms have been for us. Did you know that reindeer like to eat Fly Agaric …
