the audio almanac is a bi-weekly round up of the seasonal changes that are currently happening in the UK. each new episode comes out around a new or full moon, and contains a look at the flowers, birds, star and planet movements, weather patterns and festivals that are at play at a point in the year and draws out themes from them for you to contemplate.
for me, bearing witness to the cycle of the seasons brings a sense of connection to something bigger than myself, to something that moves through the world in predictable ways, following deep universal laws, when on a personal level life moves in ways that feel more scattered.
these episodes are designed to be part information dump and part reflection. think of it as the two of us going for a walk through the woods - i will show you the things that i want you to notice and the links i have seen between different things, in the hope that you can spot these things for yourself and find ways to breathe a little easier. welcome to my seasonal bulletin board.
on this episode: snowdrops, mars and groundhog day as we make it through the winter
set up an aurora alert https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/
Found Sounds on this episode:
*the birdsong on boxing day
*amos the cat purring
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:36 The Wolf Moon
01:03 The Spring Festivals
02:00 The Earliest Signs of Spring
02:38 Planet-spotting and the Mars Occultation
03:32 The Northern Lights
04:52 Light Nights
05:12 Groundhog Day Gives Me Hope
transcript: https://perilunucy.substack.com/p/the-audio-almanac-hope-of-spring
