The Day the Marigolds Disappeared

October Field Notes

I’m sitting in the darkness with Ash asleep on my chest, having just finished an early Samhain ceremony online with the Wild Academy. Samhain marks the end of an old cycle and the start of a new one, as we shed the things we no longer need and invite new thoughts in to take their place. As part of the ceremony, we had to write down what we wanted to let…