by Ruth | Sep 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
🍂 Happy First Day of Autumn! Here in the Northern Hemisphere, just north of the 49th Parallel, close to Ottawa, the capital city of the Nation of Canada, dawn welcomed the first full day of Autumn, with a slowly blue-becoming sky, a hint of frost in the air —...
by Ruth | Sep 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
(OR How I Learned to Stop Complaining and Love the Darker Half of the Year) There is a moment every September when the light changes. You feel it before you see it — that particular slant of sun in late afternoon, the way the air goes crisp and faintly apologetic, as...
by Ruth | Mar 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Spring Equinox (Ostara) has come and gone. The light has shifted. The days are longer. The calendar is very pleased with itself. And here we are. Still a little tired.Still a little slow.Still very much human. There is a quiet expectation — rarely spoken, but...
by Ruth | Mar 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
Spring (a.k.a. Ostara) arrived on March 20, 2026. At least, this is what we were told. Outside, there was snow. Not a delicate dusting either — the sort of committed, slightly aggressive, snow (up to 10 cm) that suggests winter did not get the memo about balance and...
by Ruth | Feb 19, 2026 | Diffuser, Essential Oils, Spring, Uncategorized, Winter
Somewhere along the line, effort became confused with virtue. Push harder. Try more. Override your body. Surely that’s devotion. Except it isn’t. It’s fear pretending to be discipline. I am writing this at a time when I knew I needed a break back in November — about a...
by Ruth | Jan 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every year—every single year—I watch otherwise sensible people rip down their Christmas tree on December 26 like it personally offended them overnight. Lights yanked. Ornaments boxed. Pine needles swept away with the grim efficiency of a Victorian governess. By...
