Autumn Equinox 2025

We were met with cooler temperatures, cloud, and changing leaves on the mountainside for our Autumn Equinox gathering this year. 

This was our 4th year of gathering in the same lovely spot alongside the Provo River  to mark another turn of the season.

We began with weaving songs together that honor the ways we reconnect with each other, both past and present. 

Kierstyn entranced us all with two harvest folk stories, one from the Penobscot peoples in the land we now call Maine and one from the Isle of Mull in Scotland. 

Our plant loving community member, Sarah, joined us to facilitate the gathering as well as to educate us all about the potent power of fire cider. Together we filled our jars with the generous offerings of the plants, herbs, fruit, and vegetables that, after 4-6 weeks, will turn into fire cider to keep us well through the winter months. 

Our swim in the Provo River was invigorating and refreshing, with the water at its end of summer peak of warmth; although still very cold! 

We feasted on communal offerings of fruit, salads, bread, and treats and then moved into our ritual of making besoms. Fawn sang to us the folk song, The Besom Maker, as we assembled new besoms to see us through the next year. 

Our evening closed out with sharing what we and our besoms have witnessed over the past year. A meaningful harvest time reflection. 

At this point of equinox and balance, this gathering is always filled with abundance from the land, the river, and each other; keeping us well nourished until we meet again.