"There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin." So says Linus Van Pelt in the It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Halloween TV special from 1966. This was must-see TV…

Yesterday we started saying our final goodbyes to summer by picking the 32 pumpkins in our little pumpkin patch. We decorated several of them and set aside some for baking. As we move deeper into the time of year where…

I have another excuse to revisit Robert Macfarlane's magnificient book, Is a River Alive?, thanks to the recent New Moon in the water sign of Cancer. The constant changing waters of rivers, and their sometimes serpentine path, is much like…

One of my favorite childhood games at family gatherings was playing hide and seek outdoors at night. The thrill of hiding in the dark, listening for the familiar refrain of "come out, come out wherever you are" still lingers in…

The neutral color palette of this season can remind us that the most vivid colors often emerge from times of stillness and reflection. The last few colorful autumn leaves have fallen. A few pink petunia flowers are still barely there…