A friend suggested that we include a new category of posts – about the festivals. It would be nice if people were to add their comments and experiences to the posts as well. Here’s the starter she provided:

Autumn Equinox

To mark the Autumn Equinox, I sat in silent contemplation of a small bunch of Hawthorn berries – haws. They were a trigger for seeing the huge cycle of Life which our lives and our species are part of. Nature prepares a fertile ground for the fruits to fall when they have what is necessary to nurture the new forms as they become. What have we been given to create and nurture the seeds of the future? What fruits and seeds do each of us have to plant in what ground? Children yes, but many other seeds also. We have all been given more to pass on than we realise. Skills, ideas, art forms, ways of living, of seeing, of making, healing, helping, guiding; what we have received, and have to give to others is endless. Some may fall on stony ground, that is the way of it, but some may fall in a rich fertile bed and it is also possible for us to assist in creating that bed.

Sinking into the dark of the year gives us a time to withdraw, to consider our acts, our thoughts, our efforts. To discover ways to prepare the ground of Being to receive the seeds of Knowledge, Wisdom and Understanding which lie buried within us, to help them develop and see where and how they may be planted to enhance this Life on earth.

And here are some other posts about Festivals