I went to an online Memorial for my beloved teacher, Nicola, making an altar of her order of service, a candle, and a pine cone (collected and shared in ritual, by her close women friends). During the online ceremony, I was squeezing the pinecone without realising, which unbeknowns, to me, released all the seeds. I had never really considered the seeds of a pinecone! somehow, had thought the whole cone was a seed! But there they were, those tiny seeds... the beginning of

I felt so much gratitude as I walked the Solstice spiral at Findhorn this afternoon reviewing my year past... for all the joy it's brought... in whales and seals, sunrises and sunsets, swims with friends and family walks, candles and altars, art and creativity, full moons and first flowers of spring, ceremonies and relationships, standing stones and standing people (trees), silliness and stained glass, the beauty and colours of nature. JOY was my angel quality of 2022. I walk