The Promise of Spring
Imbolc has always held a special significance for me among the cross-quarter holidays. It may have less of an established awareness among those in the US, and i...
Category: Inspiration
After Solstice: The Path of the Deer
When I lived in the North Country of New Hampshire, every winter I would go out into the woods in hopes of finding deer antlers. The accumulation of snow is alw...
For in That Book Is Your Soul
The first post I wrote when I restarted the Ninth Wave Designs blog nine years ago included this quote from Carl Gustav Jung: “I should advise you to put it all...
Going WABAC to Being a Notebook Fanatic
I began blogging in 2005, when blogging was a newly popular thing, before social media shortened our attention spans to 140 characters. I wrote about notebooks,...
Rune of Courage
In the weeks following the election I have been overwhelmed with fear for the future. I’ve had a difficult time finding words to describe how I feel, or d...
Telling You a New and Different Story
I recently came across this video interview of one of my teachers from college days, and now a far away (and not forgotten) friend: Emily Zabransky. This is a d...
Inspiration: 500 Handmade Books
I recently came across 500 Handmade Books (Lark Books) at the library where I work, and after renewing it more times than was reasonable, I decided I needed to ...
A Confrontation with the Unconscious
One of the best kept secrets of psychology will soon emerge from the shadows with the publication by W. W. Norton of the Liber Novus, Carl Jung’s Red Book...