August 12, 2026 - Seed & Scholaria

A painted stone cottage hearth where Brigid in a green mantle and a crown of greenery kneels binding rushes beside a small fire, her white cow at her shoulder and children around her, one holding a lit beeswax candle.

St. Brigid and the Return of the Light

The keeper of the hearth fire — storytelling scripts, reed cross weaving, beeswax candle dipping and late winter verses.

A painted village square in autumn where a traveller in a ragged cloak holds up a grey stone beside a great steaming iron pot, villagers pressing in with a cabbage and carrots and a ring of children gathered close around the fire.

Stone Soup

Small gifts become a shared harvest — storytelling scripts, verse cards, crafts and a framework for a community potluck.

A painted November night on the road outside a palace, a young prince kneeling to hold his lantern out to a ragged figure against the wall while loosening his cloak, the palace windows blazing coldly behind him and small lanterns appearing further along the dark road.

The Lantern Prince

Cultivating the quiet inner light — storytelling scripts, silk-and-wool puppet making, lantern templates and traditional Martinmas songs.

A painted garden in full late spring flower, a long table under a fruit tree with a white cloth catching dappled light, children turning in a circle on the grass beside it with a streamer floating behind, adults watching from the shade.

Garden Party

Storytelling and craft workshop, with video recordings and audios

A painted farmyard interior where a russet hen stands with a grain of wheat in her beak, a sheaf and a millstone behind her and a brown loaf cooling on a cloth, while a dog, a cat and a mouse lie idle in the straw and her chicks gather at her feet.

The Little Red Hen

The alchemical law of Coctio — nourishment and baking — through puppet storytelling, verse and hands-on bread baking with young children.

A painted thaw under a wide silver sky, wet fields with meltwater lying in bright sheets that mirror the clouds, snowdrops in the foreground and children stepping through the standing water in the middle distance.

February

The awakening seed — light returning beneath the snow. Storytelling scripts, candle dipping, seed blessing and late winter verses.

A painted frozen landscape at midday under a high pale sky, a black stream running open through white fields with bare willows in ochre and rust, children gliding on the ice in the middle distance.

January

Leading the light — the journey of the Three Kings. Storytelling scripts, crown and star crafting, chalk blessing and Epiphany songs.

A painted snow covered village at blue hour, cottage windows glowing warm ochre against cold lavender snow, children coming down a slope on a sledge in the middle distance.

December

The Advent Spiral — finding the inner light and the star. Storytelling scripts, spiral walk guidance, beeswax candles and winter verses.

The Shoemaker, the Baker, the Weaver

The first three benches: ground, heat, and thread. In the introduction to the twelve I suggested reading them as workbenches rather than personality types — asking not which one am

The Twelve Archetypes of the Soul

Twelve old trades, and what each one knows about being human. Long before anyone wrote about the soul, people knew it through work. The shoemaker understood the ground. The baker

From the Nature Table to the Night Sky