New Moon

In this part of the world it's Matariki, which is the traditional Maori New Year. It refers to the appearance of the new moon following the rising of the constellation Pleiades. It has been translated as both Mata Riki (tiny eyes) and Mata Ariki (eyes of God). Either sounds just fine to me. It marks the turning of the year, and for us in the southern hemisphere is the time when the dying of the day and the natural world begins to shift toward regeneration.

A great friend of mine, Tom Ffowcs Williams was an advocate of celebrating Fallow Day, for exactly the same reasons. It's not a bad thing to pick up the rhythm of the seasons and mark them.

All of us involved with The Insatiable Moon look forward to the turning of the wheel, in many ways. We're in that season of waiting, of preparing, before the real work comes. It's something of a time of hopeful anticipation.

Meanwhile, the moon waxes...