Weaving in Winter Sunshine

Earthwisers engage in Winter activities, drawing close to our ancestor fire in the chilly mornings before exploring the grasslands and forests with glee! Sometimes engaged in stories sharing salmon tales of our local watersheds, or catching the smallest creatures who are also caretakers of the land here at Pacifica. We are here to learn about our greater home. The agreements that have held life in balance for aeons.

Weaving in a warm winter sun window, we follow the directions from east to north, the circle of life is woven anew. Learning knife safety skills opens a new world of creation. The butterflies return and the elves emerge. Care and focus is a practice, like listening, necessary for our nourishment and survival.

Our Saplings lead the way with coyote ears attuned to their afternoon lesson. Life gives us so much to integrate, and the earth knows how to be there for us. We observe from sit

spots or tree perches. 

Orange muffins baked around the fire are cheerful as the rainbows that glow around the green growing things as we paint together. Sprout children nest into the willow tree, and all the infinite worlds therein. Back to the tipi to shape beads and birds and mushrooms from clay, and the world turns.

Let’s get curious, what birds are calling from above the pond, what might they be saying? Who left their tracks in the freshly fallen snow, why is the fur stuck on the stick, we ponder. 

In this ‘mud-luscious’ and ‘puddle-wonderful’ world, we revel within reason. Always see a teacher! Active listening is a must. It’s as easy as breathing to attune to our natural world, the snow and sunshine beckon, melting into blue skies holding space for gratitude circles. It can take effort to focus our forces and join our peers in story and song. 

Paper boats float gently down the little river flowing to the sea. We color and fold our seafaring vessels, and set them to sail. "Rocking and rolling, our ship on the sea!"