Tree Folklore for The Spirit Season
Trees are symbols of this cycle, of this ever turning wheel. They signify the seasons, and show the incremental changes that occur as the wheel creaks ever onwards; the blossom of spring, the lush green of early summer, the fruits of late summer and early autumn. The dramatic colour show and loss that mark late autumn and the bare branches and evergreens of winter.
Under the banner of progress: Brazil’s largest anti-illegal logging operation
This year, in the largest anti-Illegal logging operation in the history of Brazil, in the state with the highest rate of deforestation — Pará — the wood seized was of “native woods of the Amazon biome” and did not correspond with the information declared officially.
The Song of Hazel Catkins on the Wind
Three poems celebrating the hazel catkin as a harbinger of spring.
Beltane Musings: The Beauty of Trees
I am an animist, and trees most definitely have spirits. If you spend time outside, you’d do well to spend at least some of it beneath a tree.