dark furrow

if you cannot sleep, step outside and listen. you will hear things the day covers up. ❧ violet leaf tea, mild and green. good for coughs that linger from the cold months. ❧ spring remedies are about waking up. the body has been indoors too long. bitter greens and sharp roots shake the dust off. ❧ regulus, the heart of the lion, was another of the four royal stars of persia. it marked the summer solstice four thousand years ago. the name means "little king," and in spring it rules the high sky.

the moon is waning. harvest what is ready, cut herbs for drying, prune what needs shaping. the energy is drawing inward. what you cut now heals faster. ❧ the winter triangle (betelgeuse, sirius, procyon) fades lower each night ❧ the worm moon is coming or just passed. some called this the crow moon, for the sound that breaks the silence at the end of winter. the sap moon, because the maples are running. the ground is unlocking. ❧ wind in early spring is different from winter wind. it is warmer and wetter and it smells like mud. the old word for it was simply "the thaw wind."

go to bed. tomorrow there will be something new.