Subject: Preparing for 2026: Finding patterns in the recent past
Preparing for 2026: Finding patterns in the recent past
December 27th, 2025 at 10:00 am EDTHi Friend, 2025 was a big year. A lot happened. This is true for me personally and professionally.... and in our world. 2026 will also be a big year. In Chinese astrology, it's the year of the Fire Horse: bold action, dynamism, speed, and transform ...
Rethinking Light and Dark at Winter Solstice
December 20th, 2025 at 10:00 am EDTTo go in the dark with a light is to know the light.To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings. - Wendell Berry Dear ones - Back in the days when the coming ...
Coming up: Christmas and New Years...as Origin Stories!
December 13th, 2025 at 11:00 am EDTHi Friend, You know that Christmas is coming up. And New Year's. You know that even if you don't celebrate Christmas. Even if you have never celebrated and never intend to celebrate Christmas. Or New Year's. Even if you hate New Year's Parties and ...
Oh Where Does the Light Go
December 6th, 2025 at 11:00 am EDTHi Friend, Looking up from my computer at 3:45 pm, and I notice the sunlight is already fading. Dark blue shadows quickly race up and down the snow-covered hills. Where did the daylight go? Looking at my calendar, and I notice the first week of Dec ...
Enter Winter in Kin-ship: Starting Tomorrow!
December 2nd, 2025 at 8:00 am EDTHi Friend, We in the northern hemisphere need ways to enter Winter: so often it is accompanied with cold and (literal) darkness. Dominant culture acts as if December is all bright lights and buying lots of things and getting other people to buy lot ...