by Juliet Batten | 4, Mar, 2021 | Seasons Newsletter
Do you find that each season is resonant with memories? Right now we are approaching autumn equinox (on March 20/21), a harvest celebration in praise of the generosity of Papatuanuka/The earth. This seasonal shift has stirred up a memory of another autumn when... by Juliet Batten | 2, Jul, 2020 | Seasons Newsletter
‘Be kind’, she said, and people were during the time of Lockdown Level 4, smiling on the street, offering help with shopping, and phoning to check on friends and neighbours. And then life reverted to busyness, rush hour traffic, and harassing by unkind... 
by Juliet Batten | 28, Jun, 2018 | Seasons Newsletter, Uncategorized
As Matariki returns and opens the season when Maori would go into the dark forests to snare birds, I plunge into my own dark to catch new ideas. For me, winter is a creative season, a time to catch and preserve new life so it can safely gestate in the still... 
by Juliet Batten | 12, Dec, 2017 | Seasons Newsletter, Uncategorized
As we approach the sacred time of solstice I am holding hands across the world with my northern hemisphere readers. On December 22, it will be summer solstice in the southern hemisphere, and winter solstice in the north. It is time to celebrate both.... 
by Juliet Batten | 19, May, 2016 | Seasons Newsletter
I gaze out the ranch-sliders to the little grove of lemon trees, scanning the sharp leaves and hard green fruit, hoping to find one that is ripe. Early winter is approaching here, and it’s too soon for lemons. But I have a cold and am longing for a lemon...