Folk Wisdom... Folk Arts... and words that want to be shared

By Melanie Paquette

June heralds the arrival of the Summer Solstice, a time when the sun reaches its zenith.

The Summer Solstice is one of the four points in the year where we achieve a momentary stillpoint – the sun is at its peak for just a moment and then continues its movement. We...

By Penny Reed

The meadow greeted me in all its fullness.

Sounds of busy insects, sweet earthy smells, and rich shades of green in the grasses, wildflowers and small shrubs frolicked through my senses. The joyful blossoms of daisies, tickseed and vipers bugloss decorated the landscape in a...

Ninth Wave Arts welcomes Zacciah Blackburn of Sunreed, an accomplished and gifted intuitive, teacher, and sound healer, trained in classical healing, shamanic traditions and sacred sound cultures. He teaches internationally and practices in Vermont, USA, at Sunreed Center. 

We are...

Poetry from Claire Sylvan’s book, Turnings

One and All

Look around. See the beauty of us all.
We are so many faces, so many bodies.

We are the particular strands of a spider's web,
The scrape of rock, the dance of serpent,
The sinuousness of your hand.

Take it all in, all.
Listen, do you...

by A. Moldowan

We are in the season of honey cake, and my grandmother Anne would always honour summer solstice with the preparation of good honey cake. It was easy and yummy and ‘of the season’. She would always serve it with an extra drizzle of honey or heavy cream on top. If...