Boreal Forest
Frost climbs into the arms of Alder
kisses Stars
escapes into the deep ocean of midwinter-night
scatters glitter across frozen water
i am a Northwind Daughter
walking under the boreal sky
i am home
in
Silence
brittle leaves crunch under foot
small twigs snap
i can hear my heart beating
following a trail of stardust
7 December Namnsdag Angelika
(Sweet fragrance that enters the living body)
Winter Poem VII
Multiple meanings can be found. Another day of honoring a kindred.
Angelica is a plant which grows on the tundra. It is an important food source.
step by step
smell of green grass, the first grass
blue heather
Angelica
wood sorrel
upland waters
towards the sky
Valkeapaa
Today the Sun rides over the […]
6 December Namnsdag Nikolaus
Ni-ko-laus (no-cow -useless)
We are in the sacred days of Ullr. Today we honor our kindred, the female reindeer. In a culture with some 150 words for snow and an equally large number for reindeer there is no useless cow. Reindeer allowed the Northwind people to survive 10,000 years in harsh environment.
Is it […]
5 December namnsdag Sven, Svante
Sven: Swedish
Svante: swan
Winter Poem II
Myth: Swan maidens; Valkyries.
There are two ways to interpret the Valkyrie, one is
val-kyrja, f. a chooser of the slain, Valkyrie
The older definition I prefer
val-mær, f. - valkyrja.
valr (-a, -ir), m. hawk, falcon.
mær, f. - a maid who answers to Freya, goddess of […]
i fly into the no-place|everywhere
no-time|everywhen
find images
return
Paintings are born
because others asked for them
People gaze into a painting and find within it some memory in their own heart.One tells me “this looks like the fjord in Norway where I come from,” another, “Oh I know this place in Alaska,” for another it is a beloved spot on […]
A collection of small original paintings celebrating winter
available for purchase online
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Northwind sings into my Ash.
She awakens memories, whispers of ancient cycles.
Little paintings; Winter Poems emerge.
The Cold offered me Runes out there
The Rain sent me often Songs
Other Ballads the Wind brought me
Waves carried them to the Shore
Birds shaped Words into Tones
Talking Sounded from […]
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I heard your singing in the distance
Over rock
flowing home
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my paintings are love letters
to the snow, wind and cloud
they are resonances echoing in my heart
of a little creek who finds her power dancing over rock
my teachers are everywhere and everywhen
Alder
whose bark under my caress
draws me down the long roots of her memory
to the time outside of time
Bobcat
yawning while i hang out laundry
corrects my […]
Winter’s door opens
a crack
and the journey begins….again
melting
rushing exuberantly through the valleys
Early light sweeps away the stars
And blushes the sea pink
In the lull before dawn
Crow nor Raven speaks
Daughter of Uller has arrived at the gate, she’s been carrying the sun through the darkest days. She waits now, through the Mother-night, longest night, for the gate to open. Tomorrow, at dawn, she will pass the light into […]
