Preparing for the Solstice with Columcille and Kirkridge

Join Barbara Chaapel, a board member of Columcille, and Justine Johnson, associate director of Kirkridge, for an online exploratory journey to prepare for the summer solstice. Together, through knowledge-sharing, poetry, and personal reflection on the natural world, we identify what teachings we can glean from this seasonal marker, when the earth’s axis is closest to the sun and we experience the longest hours of daylight.

On the solstice, this year, 2020, June 20, the sun “stands still,” as in a sense we have all been doing for the last three months, and we celebrate the lushness and growth of the natural world in summer and prepare to move on into a new cycle. From ancient peoples and cultures to today, the solstice offers us time to celebrate new life and helps us prepare for change.

This program is co-sponsored by Kirkridge and Columcille, neighbors and partners on Blue Mountain.