by Juliet Batten | 29, Jun, 2017 | Seasonal inspiration, Seasons Newsletter
Caught I found a poem caught in a tree fluttering like a leaf, struggling to fly free Oh kite of many colours, You strayed into the season of stark You must wait now for the season of flight when the light... 
by Juliet Batten | 16, Mar, 2017 | Rituals, Seasonal inspiration, Seasons Newsletter, Uncategorized
Here in Aotearoa the autumn rains have fallen — without a doubt — and the season has shifted abruptly. What is your response? I breathed a sigh of relief when the autumn rains first began (not knowing at that stage just how torrential and persistent... 
by Juliet Batten | 27, Aug, 2016 | Seasonal inspiration, Uncategorized
Grass is greening Branches falling Spring awaits While cold sedates Wind and rain Rise again Trees surviving Trees... 
by Juliet Batten | 11, May, 2016 | Seasonal inspiration, Uncategorized
Autumn is here in New Zealand Aotearoa and Mother’s Day has just passed. Pumpkins and apples are being harvested in the lingering warmth of May. The benevolence of the season has prompted me to give you an excerpt from my prize-winning book ‘A Cup... by Juliet Batten | 10, Apr, 2016 | Seasonal inspiration, Uncategorized
I caught myself feeling sulky. I know I ‘should’ know better, but the truth is, I felt let down this weekend when I woke in my cabin on the land to find that I felt cold, and had to turn on the heater for the first time in months. Yes,... 
by Juliet Batten | 1, Jul, 2015 | Seasonal inspiration
‘From the top, light and shadows will shape the land you know in new ways,’ said the mountain as I rested with my back against a sun-warmed rock at the summit. I closed my eyes, and felt I could stay there forever. But the voice of the mountain said,...