by Laura McMahon | Dec 11, 2022 | Blog Posts, Making Stories, Seasonal Stories, Winter
Nurturing our creativity in winter can deepen our connection to the season and support our well-being. Creative artist and Author Becki Clark is a multidisciplinary creative designer inspired by seasonality and nature with over eight years of experience working in the...
by Laura McMahon | Dec 7, 2022 | Blog Posts, Myth & Folk Stories, Seasonal Stories, Winter
Why do we celebrate the winter solstice? Let’s start with the science. The Winter Solstice is the point of the year at which the path of the sun in the sky is farthest south. Here in the Northern Hemisphere this occurs in December, between the 20th to the 23rd...
by Laura McMahon | Sep 14, 2022 | Autumn, Blog Posts, Seasonal Stories
“The flame-red moon, the harvest moon, rolls along the hills, gently bouncing, a vast balloon, till it takes off, and sinks upward to lie on the bottom of the sky, like a gold doubloon. The harvest moon has come, booming softly through heaven, like a bassoon....
by Laura McMahon | Jul 19, 2022 | Blog Posts, Making Stories
As I sit to write this, it’s a scorching 32 degrees outside and the summer heat is intense. Of all the seasons, I find summer the most joyful, yet it often packs a melancholy punch. Being a mother of school-age kids, each summer’s arrival inevitably brings with it an...
by Laura McMahon | Jun 23, 2022 | Blog Posts, Seasonal Stories, Summer
“August of another summer, and once againI am drinking the sun” Mary Oliver – The Pond Summer seems to slip by so quickly. It’s a feeling that reminds me of beach days when the tide plays tricks on us. One minute the water is miles away, then before we...
by Laura McMahon | Dec 5, 2021 | Blog Posts, Making Stories, Winter
As the days shorten and the light dims, we are naturally drawn to spending more of our time indoors. We bring in our pine trees – real or not, decorate our hearths with greenery and light up our houses with twinkling lights and candles. Seeking out the warmth...
