Maybe I am more like Demeter, weeping for the hold darkness has over others, while reaching and hoping for a time when we can bring everyone back into the light. – Standing Still 2021: Demeter Waiting I write again for … Continue reading
Today is the December solstice: the winter solstice in my hometown Northern hemisphere, summer in the Southern. Persephone and her Pomegranate The millenia-old story of Persephone and her pomegranate, in all their incarnations, strikes me as a deeper analogy this … Continue reading
These days, I feel like a single candle, cursing the darkness, both literal and figurative. The Anthropocene weighs heavy on my mind, and heart: Global atmospheric CO2 (carbon dioxide) concentration has increased 30% in my lifetime, reaching levels that have … Continue reading
Persephone with her pomegranate. Dante Gabriel Rossetti – Proserpine (Oil on canvas, 1874) – Tate Gallery, London This season’s solstice (Winter in the Northern hemisphere, Summer in the Southern), occurs at 10:44 UTC, December 22, 05:44 Eastern Standard Time (UTC-05:00), December 21. Etymology: … Continue reading