Lunar Lammas

The full moon in Leo is traditionally known as Lunar Lammas, or first harvest. This is when the earth tide peaks at her highest wax of fertility.  Fruit is heavy on the vine, heat is high, the sun bold and white, fields of corn vibrating in rows, waxy forests breath out a stunning wall of…

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We have an hour For dinner And a teacher shares Her secret special spot To swim. Brie drives. She made me A shirt with the cycles Of the moon & Sounds like a child She’s so filled with glee From the salt water Dip. It is her first time In years. That is why I…

30 Days of Cali

I am a Maryland girl That came here for a healthy Life on the sun

Hope is an act of resistance

What do you with that compost, he says. Give it back to the earth, I tell him.  Balance out the carbon index here. Sustainable ecosystems, like holding the balance that has brought us this far as a planet, means carbon count in the air needs to be at no more than 350 parts per million….

Psyche is

Not just real Rather A whole other Way To see

Home

I fly to Maryland Because of these skies Those smells This water here, & My dad, whose stories Cross the bridge Travel the shore Make me more Of me

Meditations on Summer Solstice

There is something so primitive about summer.  It makes me want to curl in to the earth and let the land grow right through me. Summer yearns in my body so fantastic, a pace of blood that is almost breathable it’s so alive.  Opposite that, I experience early summer in a way that feels base,…

Reflections

Here is the link to my latest post over at Dandelion Moms, where I am a regular contributor in their Reflections section. Dandelion Moms