Tag Archives: winter

Guest Blogger Tracie Nichols: Relationship with Place

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Rebecca

Note to the reader:  We’ve been wrestling with some pretty heavy topics for the past few weeks.  This week, I thought we’d take a breather and refresh ourselves.  Guest blogger Tracie Nichols offers us a fresh voice and some beautiful … Continue reading →

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The Snowflake and the Avalanche

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Rebecca

Is the snowflake responsible for the avalanche? Since my last entry (see it here, or scroll down:  http://rebeccahecking.com/?p=627 ) I’ve been considering how we as individuals can cope with the possibility (inevitablity?) of ecological collapse.  In the last post, I pondered … Continue reading →

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Solstice, Yule, Christmas and beyond…

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Rebecca

Happy Solstice to my friends on planet Earth.  Unless you live near the equator, you do experience the annual cycle of light and darkness that has just reached its twice-yearly extreme, and acknowledging that fact can help you reconnect with … Continue reading →

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Solstice and Cyclic Time

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Rebecca

Later this month, we in the north will experience the winter solstice. Whether you acknowledge it in ritual and song or not, you experience  it. Solstice marks a subtle change. The Earth turns once again toward the light, and slowly, … Continue reading →

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Along for the Ride

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Rebecca

  Wow. Is Mama Gaia pissed off this week or what?  The U.S. has been pounded by a monster snowstorm that stretched from Texas to Maine; meanwhile, our friends down under dodged the proverbial bullet from massive category five Cyclone … Continue reading →

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Field Notes from the Brink

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Rebecca

  “Watching birds, I watch my feelings, too. I can see that there is an emptiness inside me without the birds, a completeness and odd security in the presence of the birds. When I forget to feed them, they withhold … Continue reading →

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It All Depends on Your Point of View

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Rebecca

Like much of the United States, my corner is covered by a blanket of snow at the moment. It’s a beautiful sight. On my walk yesterday, I saw clumps of snow stuck to the northwest side of the trees where the wind had … Continue reading →

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Responding to Life’s Traumas

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Rebecca

The snow is beautiful. No doubt about it. Right now, looking out my window here in the northeast United States, snow is falling. Steadily, flake by flake, it just keeps piling up.  It settles on the tiniest tree branches after … Continue reading →

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Trusting Your Inner Timetable

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Rebecca

  Green shoots! I see fresh green shoots! They’re waking up! The amaryllis bulbs, that is. The pot came up from the basement at solstice, and has been sitting near a window ever since.  Several years ago, I got this particular amaryllis as a holiday gift from … Continue reading →

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The Deep Memory of Solstice

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Rebecca

  Hush. Quiet down and listen. Something deep within you knows.  The marrow of your bones holds the memory. It’s in your DNA, your cells, your depths, your deep and ancient mind…in the part of you that looks back back … Continue reading →

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