• "Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds and shine!" - Buddha

Beginning Again

Newsletter   April 2026  Volume 197 Hello there, Hope you are well. Beltane – the Celtic holiday that marks the midway point between spring and summer is this Friday.  It is a time of new beginnings. And in New England it finally feels like things are really shifting and spring has…

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Working with Discomfort

Newsletter   April 2026  Volume 195 Hi there, hope you are well. Wow.  It is such an ongoing practice and struggle to balance every day life with what is happening in the world.  Trying to get through your day and take care of the people around you while also grappling with…

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No to Kings and Yes to the Moon!

Newsletter   March 2026  Volume 194 Hello there Hope things are going well. I am diligently working on setting up my online Flourish with the Moon class and enjoying the process of going through and reviewing all my notes, previous classes, marvelous moon books I’ve read and beautiful images I’ve collected. …

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Be the Bear

Newsletter   March 2026  Volume 192 Hello there, Hope you are well.  At the Full Moon circle last Friday I led a guided meditation based on this beautiful poem: Spring, by Mary Oliver Somewherea black bearhas just risen from sleepand is staringdown the mountain.All nightin the brisk and shallow restlessnessof early…

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The Thaw and the Flow

Newsletter   February 2026  Volume 191 Hello there, I hope you’re doing well, as well as you can in these very challenging times. As you know, I have been reluctant to embrace the coming of spring; wanting to hold the quiet and the dark before spring and all its exuberance, noise…

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The Depth of Winter

Newsletter   February 2026  Volume 189 Hi there,  hope you’re hanging in there. We can all feel the spring is on its way, but before we really lean into that, let’s make sure that we get that last bit of the deep nourishment that comes from resting in the dark of…

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Hold on

Newsletter   February 2026  Volume 188 Hello there! I went to a vigil last week organized by the Massachusetts Nursing Association for Alex Pretti, the nurse who was murdered by ICE.  It was at the VA hospital in Leeds and it was beautiful. So many people came together on really short…

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