Greetings at the start of summer from a mountain top oak forest in New England! Spring is very late in this neck of the woods. My hawthorn tree, planted from a seed I brought back from Uisneach, Ireland, some 20 years ago, usually blooms mid-May. It finally opened...
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Last night was Walpurgisnacht, a traditional Germanic celebration the Eve before the big May Day or Beltaine Fire Festival. Keeping in mind that the Germans were Celts too, and that all Celtic festivals began in the evening, my Druid group, an international Order called Tribe of the Oak,...
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Mud season is in full force here on the mountain. The car has worn deep grooves into the soggy dirt of the driveway and there are still snow piles in shady areas of the damp woods. Squirrels are scouring the now empty bird feeders for any last scrap...
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