Apple’s Initiation ~ Persephone’s Teaching Allow yourself to enter the story and receive Persephone’s gifts. I have learned quite a bit from standing under our Gravenstein Apple Tree. She is a stately home for many birds and insects. She wears garlands of pink blossoms in spring and in Autumn her fruit offers deep nourishment. Apple […]

November 21, 2025: I return again to this writing.  The quote/title is from Henry David Thoreau.  I feel now more than ever, we are require to enter into presence with the earth as earth.  The simplicity of breathing with a tree, the simple act of planting seeds, growing plants, harvesting and utilizing them.  These are practices […]