Full Moon Magic

September 29th 2023

As the full moon worked their magic on the waters and land of this island, we dropped deeper into the land and our relationships with each other. One of our hopes for the children is that they might feel a sense of belonging, of home, amongst Hemlock, Song Sparrow, and our other wild kin.

As a group we spent a large part of our day place-making - setting up our tarp to keep us dry through the winter, tending our hearth where fire will warm us, and harvesting hemlock and bracken fern so that even on the wettest of days we might call in fire. While harvesting kindling for fire excited voices rang through the forest; while playing a game, one of the youth asked if they could return to moving the scotchbroom from around our site!

This engagement in tending our space bodes well for tending of our group dynamics and we're eager to continue strengthening these bonds through tending place, playing games, and deepening our relationship with those practices that bring us ever closer with land.