Frost covered apples

For Commoners’ Advent, day 17. On the Blessings of the Rot Mother: Who Will We Name as Lord?

“Some find the Rot Mother ugly. I say that she is the most beautiful, & the most generous, of all.”

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Night sky with cave lit from within

For #CommonersAdvent, day 15: Two Poems for Dark Advent.

“And so, Fox began to tell stories about the wonders of darkness. And Fox sang songs about the gifts of darkness. And Fox danced dances of delight for the darkness…”

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Evergreen with pine cones

Church with Christmas tree

"Make this place glad:

adorned with green

With many garlands hung

So shall God’s gift of life be seen

His praises gladly sung!"

For #CommonersAdvent, day 13; the Hanging of the Greens.

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'Checking on the Girls' by Lucy Almey-Bird. A woman feeds chickens in the snow.

Something gentle for this stormy-outside, cosy inside, Stir-up Sunday; the Winter Art of Lucy Almey Bird for Commoners’ Advent, day 8.

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Sean's head bending towards the left of the image

For Commoners' Advent, day 3: St Hugh & the Swan Wife

Advent & Christmastide are threaded through with goose & swan saints come to overwinter with us for our journey through the dark.

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