Winter Solstice: The Pause at the Bottom of the Breath by Amy Martin (c) 12.21.12 Twenty-one years ago. Twenty-one years ago, I looked in, I looked into water so deep it lost light […]
Autumn Equinox: Balance Before the Fall
Autumn Equinox: Balance Before the Fall by Amy Martin (c) www.Moonlady.com Autumn Equinox, the official first day. Fall in Texas is different: we don’t have one. In other parts of the country, golden sunlight casts […]
Loving Hut in Addison
MOONLADY REVIEWS: Loving Hut in Addison by Amy Martin I haven’t eaten chicken, beef or pork in almost three decades. My gut will let me know if the slightest bit of animal fat is […]
Sacred Chickasaw Springs of the Oklahoma Arbuckle Mini-Mountains by Amy Martin
Sacred Chickasaw Springs of the Oklahoma Arbuckle Mini-Mountains by Amy Martin (c) I’ve lived in North Texas for 35 years, yet I’ve never visited the Arbuckle Mountains of Oklahoma, just two hours north on I-35. […]
Intersection
Intersection by Amy Martin (c) Overhead, the stars are falling, alabaster streaks ephemerally etched on the night sky. So very long ago, Comet Swift-Tuttle passed our way, its long tail leaving remainders of itself, like […]
Bob Jones Nature Center
Moonlady Rambles: Bob Jones Nature Center 355 E. Bob Jones Road – Southlake, Texas 76092 Organization: 817.939.1110 Facility and Preserve: 817.491.6333 It’s a bit like salmon swimming upstream, but worth it. To reach […]
Mosquitos: How to prevent them & track city/county spraying plans ~ Regional
FYI from AMY: A work in progress http://news.menshealth.com/when-mosquitoes-attack/2011/06/29/ http://connemaraconservancy.tumblr.com/post/56256907917/eco-friendly-ways-to-repel-mosquitos DIY: Herbal Mosquito Repellents Summer is here and with it the irresistible urge to bask in outdoor glory. We want to feel the warm earth […]
The Second Star to the Right
The Second Star to the Right by Amy Martin (c) www.moonlady.com “Twinkle, twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky.” I’ve […]
When The Levee Breaks
by Amy Martin (c) www.moonlady.com Defenses are falling at last. Images have broken loose from my subconscious and are running amok in my mind. The soft-focus filter of memory shatters, its protective ambiguity in […]
First Light
Mid Winter Turning Point by Amy Martin (c) www.moonlady.com Mid-winter bleak, mid-winter womb. From darkness arises life. February 2nd brings the ancient holy day of Imbolc, honoring the gestation of life, the potent waiting in […]
Winter SolstiCelebration: the finale photo essay
by Amy Martin Winter SolstiCelebration 2012: The theme was Transformation, perfect for releasing a 20-year tradition to become a new generation of Winter Solstice events. It was a transformation for me as well, […]
