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May 2022
- May 18, 2022 Short History of Block Printing May 18, 2022
- May 20, 2022 Rewilding the Self through Story May 20, 2022
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June 2022
- Jun 17, 2022 What Is Linocut Art? Jun 17, 2022
- Jun 19, 2022 Braiding Sweetgrass and the Goddess of Creation Jun 19, 2022
- Jun 27, 2022 Polar Bear Son: in Kinship with the Wild Jun 27, 2022
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July 2022
- Jul 4, 2022 The Morrigan: Holding the Tension of Opposites Jul 4, 2022
- Jul 11, 2022 Athena the Goddess of Wisdom Jul 11, 2022
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August 2022
- Aug 10, 2022 Rabbits and the Moon Goddess: Traveling the Silk Road Aug 10, 2022
- Aug 22, 2022 The White Stag: The Hunt to Become Whole Aug 22, 2022
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September 2022
- Sep 7, 2022 Crow & Crone: Twin Archetypes Sep 7, 2022
- Sep 14, 2022 The Animal Groom & The Great Horned Owl Sep 14, 2022
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November 2022
- Nov 23, 2022 Crow Challenges Hobomock: A Nipmuc Folktale of Self Transformation Nov 23, 2022
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December 2022
- Dec 24, 2022 The Linnunraata: Our Kinship with Swans Dec 24, 2022
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April 2023
- Apr 1, 2023 The Jade Rabbit & the Lady on the Moon Apr 1, 2023
- Apr 2, 2023 The Bird Woman Inside Us Apr 2, 2023
- Apr 20, 2023 The Wisdom of Herring Apr 20, 2023
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May 2023
- May 12, 2023 Selkie: Coming Home to Oneself May 12, 2023
- May 23, 2023 Caribou Sky: Bringing in the Light May 23, 2023
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June 2023
- Jun 8, 2023 Sedna: Gift from the Salt Womb Jun 8, 2023
- Jun 20, 2023 Woodcutter & Tiger Brother Jun 20, 2023
- Jun 24, 2023 The Smoke Tree: Elder & Transgressor Jun 24, 2023
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July 2023
- Jul 11, 2023 Freedom With Feathers: the Power of Folklore Jul 11, 2023
- Jul 26, 2023 The Old Woman Who Weaves the World Jul 26, 2023
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August 2023
- Aug 10, 2023 The Owl Lover: When the Wild Courts Us Aug 10, 2023
- Aug 21, 2023 Summer 2023 Newsletter Aug 21, 2023
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September 2023
- Sep 11, 2023 Three Sisters: Harvesting Food and Wisdom Sep 11, 2023
- Sep 29, 2023 Ushering in the Autumn: Synchronicities that Fall from the Trees Sep 29, 2023
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October 2023
- Oct 6, 2023 The Birch Goddess: Baba Yaga & The Wisdom of Fall Oct 6, 2023
- Oct 21, 2023 Autumn's Gifts: Beauty and Bereavement Oct 21, 2023
- Oct 26, 2023 Makers of Dreams: Gifting us Dreams on Wings Oct 26, 2023
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November 2023
- Nov 9, 2023 For the Late Bloomers: Earth Blooms with Us Nov 9, 2023
- Nov 21, 2023 Owl and Raven: A Folktale of Beauty and Reciprocity Nov 21, 2023
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December 2023
- Dec 5, 2023 Waking up to the Dark: The Rich Gifts of Winter Dec 5, 2023
- Dec 27, 2023 Mother Goose: A Folktale of Feathers and Snow Dec 27, 2023
- Dec 28, 2023 Yuletide: The Vital and Soulful Wisdom of Bothness Dec 28, 2023
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January 2024
- Jan 22, 2024 The Mitten: the undercurrent of synchronicities that connects us all together Jan 22, 2024
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February 2024
- Feb 12, 2024 Between the Dragon and the Crane: Hatching the Vital Bothness into Being Feb 12, 2024
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March 2024
- Mar 5, 2024 Power Beneath the Surface: The Psychic Waters of the Unconscious Mar 5, 2024
- Mar 31, 2024 A Magical Mossy Coat: Finding Sovereignty in a World that Values Ownership over Love Mar 31, 2024
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April 2024
- Apr 10, 2024 Tern Teachings: Guests that Nest & Give Apr 10, 2024
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May 2024
- May 1, 2024 The She-Wolf Inside Us May 1, 2024
- May 24, 2024 Wild Kin: Folktales & Fellowship with the Wild May 24, 2024
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June 2024
- Jun 5, 2024 Eclipse: Entwinements and Meanings Jun 5, 2024
- Jun 27, 2024 Reassembling Rites: Piecing Together the Ancestral Bones Jun 27, 2024
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July 2024
- Jul 13, 2024 The Goddess Isis: Shedding and Becoming Jul 13, 2024
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August 2024
- Aug 10, 2024 Fox Woman: The Shapeshifting Woman at the Threshold Between Worlds Aug 10, 2024
- Aug 30, 2024 Plants, Magic and Power: Folklore's Storied Plants Wield Their Quiet Power Aug 30, 2024
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September 2024
- Sep 26, 2024 The Spirit Wolves of Tengger: The Wild Wisdom of the Divine Enemy-Teacher Sep 26, 2024
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October 2024
- Oct 9, 2024 Baba Yaga: the Autumn Witch and the Power of Letting Go Oct 9, 2024
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November 2024
- Nov 7, 2024 Boreal Bears and Feral Females: Twin Bear Folktales from East and West Nov 7, 2024
The Norwegian folktale “East of the Sun West of the Moon” and the Japanese (indigenous Ainu) folktale entitled “Crescent Moon Bear” are folktales featuring fearless young women who dare to engage in greater intimacy with a bear whether it is marrying a bear, or having the courage to pluck the whisker of a bear. Both involve traversing a formidable boreal forest landscape to save their husbands from a “spell”. These folktales are so strikingly similar in theme and shared values, giving voice to their parallel nature deepens our sense of interconnected history, and rekindles a feeling of belonging to a shared storied boreal landscape, weaving together people, bears, ancestry, stories and hearts. . .