by Juliet Batten | 23, Oct, 2024 | Seasons Newsletter
Here we are in the full leafiness of spring, the season that brings an infusion of new life, regeneration and joy. Can you feel it? Does it make you want to sing, dance, make love, run, walk, or laugh? Or do you feel tired, tossed around a little from... 
by Juliet Batten | 25, Oct, 2023 | Seasons Newsletter
I was surprised. She didn’t want to be Persephone in the school play. I thought all the girls would have lusted after the part of the maiden, dancing with her friends amidst the spring flowers, her head crowned with a ring of blossoms. But not... 
by Juliet Batten | 27, Oct, 2022 | Seasons Newsletter
I was surprised. She didn’t want to be Persephone in the school play. I thought all the girls would have lusted after the part of the maiden, dancing with her friends amidst the spring flowers, her head crowned with a ring of blossoms. But not 11-year-old... 
by Juliet Batten | 20, Oct, 2021 | Seasons Newsletter
How do you bring yourself into alignment with the season? Which season? If you are in the northern hemisphere you will be in autumn right now, and approaching Halloween, Samhain, the festival of the dead, at the end of October. So here’s... 
by Juliet Batten | 29, Oct, 2020 | Seasons Newsletter
This spring I am thinking of children. The energy of spring is full of delight and possibilities, as the season lifts its face to the sun and fragrance drifts through the air. On Sunday I wandered through my local park, enjoying an abundance of...