SEEDBED OF THE YEAR (in the dead of winter) I was delighted to find such rich words synonymous with "beginning" from the Merriam-Webster...

The season of the sun is slip-sliding, untying and transitioning into autumn, preparing the way for the dreamtime of winter. Are you...

Greetings to you on this late winter day. Here in the north and middle this is the time of subtle, yet noticeable change - light -...