autumn
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Turning Inward, Don’t Leave Out the Light!
We are now on the dark side of Winter Nights—the dawn of the cooling season, marked on 10/31-11/1. We light candles to symbolize warmth and light. Some of us get the woodstove warming the house for the first time since last winter. I’m conservative of firewood, so I wait until the downstairs gets a chill Continue reading
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Jars, Pill Bottles, and the Scarcity We Carry
The past few weeks, I’ve been moving through a gentle round of decluttering — the kind that feels less like a task and more like a quiet reset. A few bags of clothing have gone out the door, and today I’ll be tending to a couple of kitchen cabinets, letting go of jars I no Continue reading
