Let us begin the year with gentleness, dreaming, stargazing and a wassail...
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Wassail song: https://open.spotify.com/track/01WFtggs2monir1JEvXjMn?si=8eab0b9ec20e43e4
Winter Stargazing Adventure Pack: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/winter-stargazing-adventure-pack
Mother Night Lecture Series by Clarissa Pinkola Estes:
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Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.
It's finally here! The longest night and shortest day. In this episode I invite you to enjoy a fantastical Solstice visualisation.
Wishing you all a gentle and powerful Winter Solstice. Thank you all for following along these last 22 days. Stay in touch!
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Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.
The darkness invites us to open up the dreaming space...
Enter the Enchant Your Winter GIVEAWAY: https://we-are-stardust.myflodesk.com/enchantyourwinter
Enchant Your Winter Gift List: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list
Why I adore the night article by Jeanette Winterson: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/31/jeanette-winterson-night-guide
Story Apothecary podcast with Nana Tomova: https://www.nanatomova.com/podcast
Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.
We travel underground to the world of earth, roots and fungi...
Enter the Enchant Your Winter GIVEAWAY: https://we-are-stardust.myflodesk.com/enchantyourwinter
Enchant Your Winter Gift List: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list
Rewild Your Soul Waitlist: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/rewild-your-soul
Quote from book Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake: https://www.waterstones.com/book/entangled-life/merlin-sheldrake//9781784708276
Sophie Strand Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxalqHLusip/?hl=en
Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.
Today we are on a winter walk when snow starts to fall...
Enter the Enchant Your Winter GIVEAWAY: https://we-are-stardust.myflodesk.com/enchantyourwinter
Enchant Your Winter Gift List: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list
Kenneth Libbrecht snowflake scientist website: http://snowcrystals.com/
Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.
Today we journey to a northern European pine forest to visit the trees that brings us hope during the dark winter months...
Enter the Enchant Your Winter GIVEAWAY: https://we-are-stardust.myflodesk.com/enchantyourwinter
Winter Trees & Hope Nature Journalling Workshop: https://wearestardust.myshopify.com/products/winter-christmas-tree-nature-journaling-workshop
Enchant Your Winter Gift List: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list
Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.
In the grey autumn and winter skies thousands of starlings gather to swirl and dance together in mesmerising murmurations...
Enter the Enchant Your Winter GIVEAWAY: https://we-are-stardust.myflodesk.com/enchantyourwinter
Starling Murmuration Art Prints: https://www.wearestardust.uk/collections/starling-murmuration-reproduction-prints
Enchant Your Winter Gift List: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list
Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.
Perfectly adapted to cold, Northern winters we get to know the reindeer and wonder how this creature can guide us through the winter months...
Enter the Enchant Your Winter GIVEAWAY: https://we-are-stardust.myflodesk.com/enchantyourwinter
BBC4 All Aboard! The Great Reindeer Migration (Slow TV film): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001rz0
Enchant Your Winter Gift List: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list
Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.
Today we explore the contrast of light and dark during winter...
Winter Stargazing Adventure Pack: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/winter-stargazing-adventure-pack
Enchant Your Winter Gift List: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list
Danica Boyce Fair Folk Podcast 'Little Christmas: December Almanac": https://open.spotify.com/episode/4nZXlx2iQfGa3BXz3bAQc4?si=cZ-x9BYhRsm0Mx35EqXfRw
Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.
The Geminid Meteor Shower peaks on 14-15 December so let's head out and make a wish upon the shooting stars.
Winter Stargazing Adventure Pack: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/winter-stargazing-adventure-pack
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Enchant Your Winter Gift List: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list
Geminid Meteor Shower on Royal Museums Greenwich website: https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/geminid-meteor-shower-uk-dates-how-to-see
Stellarium app: https://stellarium-labs.com/stellarium-mobile-plus/
Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.
How can embracing the fertile void of winter and the discomfort it brings allow us to process grief as love and see new shoots emerge in spring?
NOTE: The death I speak of in this episode refers to the death that is an inevitable part of life. I feel there is a distinction here between the death that is caused by wars, genocide and climate change, yet the same still stands that allowing ourselves to feel and process the grief is the only way for us to move from a place of numbing and not caring to a place of love and action.
Sophie Macklin: https://www.sophiemacklin.com/
Danica Boyce Fair Folk Podcast 'Little Christmas: December Almanac": https://open.spotify.com/episode/4nZXlx2iQfGa3BXz3bAQc4?si=cZ-x9BYhRsm0Mx35EqXfRw
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Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.
The skies are darker tonight as we sink into the New Oak Moon phase...
The Holly and The Oak King Sleep and Sorcery story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnwd_uF9wTU
The Human Cosmos: A Secret History Of The Stars by Jo Marchant: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-human-cosmos/jo-marchant/9781786894045
Enchant Your Winter Gift List: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list
Stellarium app Google Play - the paid version has cultural stories too!: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noctuasoftware.stellarium_free&hl=en&gl=US&pli=1
Stellarium app Apple Store - the paid version has cultural stories too!: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stellarium-mobile-star-map/id1458716890
3 benefits of stargazing blog: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/3-benefits-of-stargazing
International Dark Skies Association Website: https://darksky.org/
Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.
New Moon in Winter is a great time to go stargazing. Join me to learn a bit more about the brightest star in the sky...
CORRECTION: I got one bit of data wrong - only 60% of Europe can't see the Milky Way (it's 80% in North America): https://time.com/4364938/milky-way-light-pollution/
Winter Stargazing Adventure Pack: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/winter-stargazing-adventure-pack
Enchant Your Winter Gift List: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list
Stellarium app Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noctuasoftware.stellarium_free&hl=en&gl=US&pli=1
Stellarium app Apple Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stellarium-mobile-star-map/id1458716890
3 benefits of stargazing blog: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/3-benefits-of-stargazing
International Dark Skies Association Website: https://darksky.org/
Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.
Magical, mysterious mistletoe tells tales of enchanted Christmas kisses....
Enchant Your Winter Gift List: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list
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Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.
Expressing gratitude for what we have is a revolutionary idea...
The Words Before All Else: https://www.thelongtimeacademy.com/part-four (scroll down the page)
Sophie Strand:
Winter Trees & Hope Nature Journaling Workshop: https://www.wearestardust.uk/products/winter-christmas-tree-nature-journaling-workshop
Your FREE awe-inspiring audio adventure: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/free-audio-guide
Enchant Your Winter Gift List: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list
Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.
Today we come in from the cold into a safe refuge...
Crisis at Christmas: https://www.crisis.org.uk/crisis-at-christmas/
Islamic Relief: https://www.islamic-relief.org.uk/giving/appeals/palestine/
Write to your MP to call for a ceasefire in Gaza: https://palestinecampaign.eaction.online/MPceasefireNOW
Quotes from: The Poetics Of Space by Gaston Bachelard; The Christmas Chronicles by Nigel Slater
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Enchant Your Winter Gift List: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list
Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.
This voicenote may well change the way you experience the atmosphere for the rest of your life...
Winter Stargazing Adventure Pack: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/winter-stargazing-adventure-pack
Enchant Your Winter Gift List: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list
FREE awe-inspiring audio adventure: https://www.wearestardust.uk/pages/free-audio-guide
Cloud Appreciation Society: https://cloudappreciationsociety.org/
Cloud Spotters cards: https://shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/cloud-spotter-cards-30-cards-to-keep-you-looking-up.html
Video of air circulating around the globe showing the Coriolis Effect: https://youtu.be/qh011eAYjAA
Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.
Today we explore how the Ivy lovingly embraces trees, fences and dying wood...
The Holly and the Ivy folksong version:
By The Lost Sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY9TV68WtDY
By Steeleye Span: https://open.spotify.com/track/2OPWQN14QOZdRAHZin1Yjr?si=0848a99eaadd4abf
Enchant Your Winter Gift List: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list
Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.
Holly leaves are known for their spikes - but what do you notice when you look up?
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Enchant Your Winter Gift List: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list
Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.
What memories does the scent of snow bring up for you? And why is its fragrance so distinctive?
Enchant Your Winter Gift List: https://www.wearestardust.uk/blogs/journal/enchant-your-winter-gift-list
Music: Magic Winter by Serge Quadrado Music on Pixabay
Robin: Recording of a European Robin in Berlin in October 2023. Copyright Lars Lachmann, XC152508. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/152508.