14/10/2026
Spring is here, whether you run by the calendar or the Earth rotations or by the local environment changes, it is here. You may have noticed that it was a very short winter here on Ngunawal, Ngambri, Ngarigu country (near Canberra) - the cold setting in late and then the wattles blooming earlier than usual.
The Spring Equinox (which was on 23 September) is one of the momentary balance points of the year, when day and night are of equal length. Like all balance, it is an active practise - balance itself is momentary and it can encourage us to adapt to what is. How are you feeling it this year? What is most alive in you at this very moment?
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This year, that joy, for me is tinged with trepidation - is this the new normal ? Winter coming late, Spring coming early... It's mostly shifting as many climate scientists have been predicting, and for me, that is terrifying, rage inducing, intensely saddening and even hopeless. Many of the other than humans creatures living around here seem to be adapting to what is, but I worry, for how long. How much adaptation are any of us really capable of?
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Spring is here, whether you run by the calendar or the Earth rotations or by the local environment changes, it is here. You may have noticed that it was a very short winter here on Ngunawal, Ngambri, Ngarigu country (near Canberra) - the cold setting in late and then the wattles blooming earlier tha...
