In the Northern Wood

With the river ritual now occupying so much of personal understanding of time passing I’d forgotten that the months of the year matter as well.I was somehow very surprised to receive an abundance of mail and emails reminding me of billing cycles and monthly needs to maintain my household.Skobeth was delighted with the pile of…

How do I explain how unsettled I am by the sisters, Tana and Kat?These two women move through the town smiling and offering kind words to everyone they meet, but the townsfolk mostly ignore the girls, sometimes even crossing to the other side of the road to get away from them.It’s not unusual for me…

I had a dream last night that Skobeth climbed a tree – the tallest tree in the forest. She climbed and I came with her as a disembodied pair of eyes – higher and higher until we could not see the ground and the branches became impossibly thin.The wind whipped through the boughs and Skobeth…

I was up late last night, so late that I’m not even certain that I got to sleep. Skobath snored on my pillow, her deep even breathing rumbling in a way that reminded me of heavy trucks driving down the road.I stared at the ceiling and waited for sleep to take me… but, it never…

I went into town today with Skobath tucked into the pocket of my Spring jacket. She kept her little pink nose out to sample the world and sometimes reached a paw up to snag claws into the chest of my jacket.At the grocery store Bess offered my kitten a piece of cheese while she scanned…

Sometimes Skobath sits in the window and makes these soft chattering noises like I’ve heard other cats do for birds.Like, little come hither noises to attract them closer to the window.Sometimes I see her press one small perfect paw to the window, leaving imprints of her little jelly-bean toes on the glass.Sometimes she aggressively licks…

I woke up in the chair this morning when the cat started nudging me awake with her claws and teeth – chirping in my ear and running her little pads over my hair.When I opened my eyes my whole field of vision was filled with her huge yellow eyes – and I hear her name…

The trees are in full bud as of this morning.The birds are singing full throat and passionately into the skies.The little critters are chasing each other through fields and up trees and into holes… there are insects buzzing somewhere and also everywhere.I keep falling asleep during the day in the big chair.The gentle purr of…

I wake up with the kitten every morning now – no matter how late we stay up each night.She comes to sit on my pillow and she threads her claws through my hair and lets these little snuffling noises out into my ear. Sometimes she licks my earlobes and then we get up and have…

Last night was the full moon – the flower moon.Bess told me the flower moon would be good for me – it’s especially good for Gemini and Cancer – I don’t know how she knew I was a Cancer, but I’m no longer surprised by her insights.I went to the river with everyone else in…