In the Northern Wood

The New Moon came and went and I slept the entire time.At some point on Friday night I got so drowsy and simply could not keep my eyes open – I gave in around late afternoon and just went to bed. I slept deeply and did not wake up until late this afternoon… over 24…

New Moon is coming and I made my way into town to ask Bess about what I can expect. She casually rang through my groceries and gave me a small smile.“No concern about the eclipse, then?” She asked.“What eclipse?” “There’s a partial solar eclipse that same day.” She said, scratching at the sticker on a…

Isn’t it funny how sometimes Spring can look like Autumn?The snow melts and you get a few dry days and then there are old golden leaves blowing around the yard and sky again as though October jumped its place in line and is coming back for seconds.Usually you can still tell that it’s Springtime –…

I walked along the river today for almost an hour, listening to the song of the water falling over rocks and through the last remaining ice of the frosty days.I walked far enough out today to find where the railroad tracks cross the water on a tall and spindly bridge. It was here I finally…

I’ve been a little unsettled since the day I drank the river water, but I’ve also felt very at peace.My dreams have remained strange and involved, drawing me deeper into the imagery I experienced on that first night. The pale figures from the river, climbing trees, reaching for the perfect sphere that is the moon…

I have had the strangest dreams these past few nights.I dream of the river almost every night now… but, not as it is… instead it is wild and forceful. Tumbling up the banks in white capped eddies, swirling and racing over rocks, carrying leaves and little sticks along.It is an untamed force that cannot be…

I ate the last slice of pie for breakfast today and contemplated the river and what Bess had told me about taking a cup of water every moon cycle.I know the full moon was a few days ago, but maybe it’s not too late.Would I really do this?Drink river water because of local lore that…