even stranger things

As the wheel turns toward St. Brigid’s Day and the ancient festival of Imbolc, I mark the traditional arrival of spring with a visit to a local holy well. Join me as we explore the intersection of landscape, ritual, and history. A special note of thanks to Jim O'Connor for his knowledge and poetry …

Spring a time of birth and life, but also of death. Seeing the signals, listening to the sounds. Acknowledgements BirdWatch Ireland, Buzzard Species Focus (2011) https://birdfact.com/articles/buzzard-nesting https://historycooperative.org/cailleach/ https://simonbarnesauthor.co.uk/books/birdw…

We depend on the ground beneath our feet more than we realise, and it has moved more than we can imagine. Acknowledgments Music by Camron Roo Livingstone, S.J., Cofaigh, C.O. and Evans, D.J.A. (2008) Glacial geomorphology of the central sector of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet. Journal of Maps,…