First Quarter

Oct
23
A very jagged-toothed jack o' lantern face is lit up with minimal other lighting.

First Quarter: Remembrances of costumes past

Hello. It's Friday, and I'm (erratically) back. We have now had our first frost, and the
6 min read
Aug
21
About half a dozen wicker baskets of various rectangular or round shapes, some with handles or lids.

First Quarter: Hail to the basket weavers

Hello. It's Friday, and because I slept extremely poorly last night, I was tempted to skip posting this
4 min read
Jul
24
A colorful scientific illustration of a plant stalk with green, many-forked leaves and little pink flowers.

First Quarter: Weaving the Nine Herbs' Charm

Hello. It's Friday, and lately we have begun to harvest tomatoes, and we found our first new potato,
19 min read
Jun
26
Text from a decades-old cookbook. My newsletter service unfortunately doesn't give me a large enough character limit to transcribe it here.

First Quarter: Another recipe interlude

Hello. It's Friday, and our garden is lovely at the moment despite the late start we got with
7 min read
May
29
Dozens of straight, slender white trees with black "stripes" where the bark is splitting. They have green leaves.

First Quarter: Birch

Hello. It's Friday, and for several days I've been overwhelmed by tree pollen. Despite having allergies
7 min read
Apr
24
A vibrant blue, indigo, turquoise, and green piece of knitting, on yellow metal needles, in a basket.

First Quarter: Knitting updates

Hello. It's Friday, and this is going to be a relatively practical reflection; I haven't written
8 min read
Mar
27
Yellowish, dry grass on a flat plain with blue sky and small white cumulus clouds overhead. Possible blurry animals near the horizon.

First Quarter: Living with land(s)

Hello. It's Friday, and the dawn chorus seems louder by the day, and the very first flowers have
11 min read
Feb
28
A twee photograph shot at the golden hour. It shows bread, a tea cup and pot, an open book, and some purple flowers on a white cloth, among other items.

First Quarter: The homestead vs. the commune

21 min read
Jan
30
A piece of straw art. It looks like an equilateral cross where the arms seem to emerge from a squared spiral formation in the middle. The straw is green.

Solar Spring + First Quarter: St. Brigid's crosses

7 min read
Jan
02
Thin, delicate stalks of a green herb with opposite pairs of elliptic, round-tipped, untoothed leaves.

First Quarter: Respiratory remedies (with disclaimers)

Hello. It's Friday, and as we are in the very thick of winter we are also going about
17 min read