by Amy Martin (c) www.Moonlady.com People come to the Santuario de Chimayo because guidebooks extol it as a quaint day trip out of Santa Fe, because the historic adobe mission nestled in a picturesque enclave […]
The Man in the Bed
by Amy Martin (c) There is a moment just as you start drifting into sleep when your mind bounces randomly between thoughts in a foggy state, not quite conscious, not quite unconscious. At that ambiguous […]
One Night Only: Gamelan D’Drum
by Amy Martin In Bali and Indonesia, music arises from life: the steady rhythm of pounding rice into paste, the choppy beats of waves in shallow tropical bays, the polyphonic swelling of frog song […]
MidWinter Convergence of Light’s Return
by Amy Martin (c) An interesting convergence is upon us. Today is the 2nd of February, known on U.S. calendars as Groundhog Day, our pop culture harbinger of spring. Starting centuries prior, this […]
The Rhythms of Deep Time
by Amy Martin (c) This is the day of deep time, the kind of time that stars and planets feel, their big bass beats to our tiny staccato days and nights. Boom! Solar perihelion! […]
Autumn Equinox: Balance Before the Fall
by Amy Martin (c) So, this is the beginning of fall, huh? Autumn Equinox, the official first day. Fall in Texas is different: we don’t have one. In other parts of the country, golden sunlight […]
New Moon Rosh Hashana & Eclipse of the Soul
by Amy Martin (c) We are walking into darkness, ebbing toward winter, exhaling before we take a Solstice pause and begin breathing again into spring’s light. Shadows grow long, in nature and in our hearts. […]
Spring Equinox: Beyond Weather
by Amy Martin (c) It’s the first day of spring today, regardless of the temperature. Such ephemeral things as weather don’t determine the seasons. Instead it’s all about the Earth refusing to be upright and […]
Guerilla Ritual: Olympics’ Opening and Closing Ceremonies
by Amy Martin (c) When the Olympics kick off on February 12, sit back and enjoy the spectacle of guerrilla ritual, the kind you sneak on people by promising entertainment and delivering transformation instead. Nowhere […]
Walking into Darkness
by Amy Martin (c) It is the twilight of the seasons, when we slip betwixt the worlds of light and dark, day and night, warmth and cold. The Sun rises and set slower in the […]
Summer Solstice Sun
by Amy Martin (c) We face the Sun, the warmth caressing our faces carried by particles of photons, vibrating intensely from the heat, that bounce and ricochet off our skin until the photon’s light and […]
