This is a skywatching guide for observing Venus in the morning sky in early 2022, as well as a reflection on Venus’ mythological history and archetypal astrological associations.

This was my part of a presentation given by Sustain Floyd to an Industrial Design class at Virginia Tech on Household Recycling Problems to inspire our next generation of designers to design for sustainability.

This is an easy step-by-step process for creating a richer relationship with the natural world as well as with the imaginal. It offers a doorway for healing the disconnect between human and nature, self and other, inner and outer, and the mind, body, and spirit.

This is a collection of daily consumables that are both affordable, effective, and make a big dent in issues like carbon footprint and environmental costs. This kind of shift enables the ordinary person to use one of their greatest leverages to combat climate crisis: their power as a consumer.

This New Year’s Eve at midnight, I greeted the star Sirius, having received the shamanic teachings about this moment from Jade Wah’oo Grigori. It was one of the most vivid experiences of synchronicity I’ve had in years.

One of my New Year’s resolutions is to re-read The Lord of the Rings, making this the 17th time but the first time in 20+ years! I did rediscover fantasy a couple years ago, and have now sampled some of what’s come out since Tolkein broke the mold in 1954. This is the Fantasy and SciFi that kept me sane during the pandemic.

Aran and I sat down on New Year’s Eve in a new setting to talk about this new phase we’re entering–a deeper dive into the creative, into the world of soul, into the soul of the world to make love-play-create with the anima mundi–with much thanks to Becca Tarnas and her contributions on the Imaginal.

The website has been resurrected, and the beginning outline of a project is in the works. This is a quick rundown of what I’ve been up to in 2021 leading up to the launch of this new phase.