Episode Description:
The day after a show on the dark moon—what Sarah calls the “soot moon”—she tells the story that came through her the night before at 777 in Glastonbury. It’s a story that wasn’t quite ready, that felt like cottage cheese in her fingers the day before, but she told it anyway because that’s what the dark moon demanded.
Old Nanny finds an abandoned baby at the market cross after her night shift. The baby drinks moonlight and grows luminous. As Luna becomes a glowing teenager full of questions and restlessness, Old Nanny must learn to trust her, to let go, to stop trying to hide her brightness from the world.
This is a raw, vulnerable episode—Sarah even interrupts herself mid-story to question whether she’s telling the right tale. It’s about mothering and being mothered, about loneliness meeting neediness, about trusting the ones we love to find their own path even when they kiss frogs and take wrong doors.
Featuring music from Ushti Baba’s new album, Flora, Fauna, Fight Feast. (Rootless and Fight) and gratitude for everyone who held the space at the dark moon gathering.
In This Episode:
* The “soot moon” - when chimney debris falls and puts out your fire
* Performing on the edge: telling a story that isn’t quite ready
* “Old Nanny and Luna” - an original tale about found family and moonlight
* Meta-storytelling moment: questioning the story mid-telling
* Letting go of teenage children and trusting their brightness
* The macramé hammock that becomes a spider’s web of connection
* Music by Ushti Baba: “Rootless” and “Fight”
Themes: Dark moon, mothering, trust, letting go, luminescence, found family, teenage years, loneliness and belonging, the cycles of holding on and releasing
Inspiration: The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill The Waterboys - “The Whole of the Moon”
Support the Podcast: Patreon: Mooney’s Mythic Podcast
Gratitude: To everyone who came to 777 on the dark moon To the Patreon supporters To Queen Space Baroque and Ushti Baba for the music
