Karine, while you mend, rest, hunker down, and tend to matters close at hand, I'm sure your heart knows what the brain has not yet fully processed: that "You Know Where You Are; you know where you're going", for tucked safe within the corners of your heart and tucked deep within the pages of your mind are the words and feelings you are just beginning to work through!
Thank heavens for those 'tall, caring and giving spruces, Scot pines and Junipers' within your circle of care. The very best to you as you may come to unfold that 12th written intention then have it buried or turned to ash by wk's end.
Closure and a time of completion (9) with transformation and profound awakening (1 or 10) is upon you for certain! Thank you for this reflection! You are quite an inspiration 🇨🇦 🍁
Thank you, Karine, for your kindness and expansiveness of thought, your warmth of heart, your care and the love you show us all just by being you. May this year bring you peace and joy.
What a gift to wake up to your musings Karine. I’ve not enjoyed this festive season at all and been struggling to figure out why. Is it the grief if the disconnect between my family and I and should we have just taken off (that’s what I usually do when things get tough), but instead I’ve decided (or possibly been forced) to lean in and stay home.
You’re wee Robin’s tale adapted from Duncan’s work makes me wonder if others (including my kids), find me to be more like the Beech and the other trees than the Spruce, the Scot Pine and the Juniper.
I’m a naturally giving person who feeds off the energy of others. Being still is a real struggle for me. Hiwever, my own musings lead me back to my own epiphany this year at a workshop with Peter Senge at the Inner Development Goals Summit in Stockholm, when he shared feedback he had received when he was told ‘your ideas are great Peter but it’s time you got serious and practised …., practised ….., practised! It spoke to me. So practised I will.
I was on the return from a cold water dook and sauna yesterday with Claire our car buddy from Stonesbarn. Our conversation and reminiscing made me realise I’m not alone. You can be together even while still and apart. Energy begets energy in all its forms. I may have felt lonely this festive season but like you I am blessed, I’ve got friends and memories and more to make in the awakening years, and more time to practise.
I’m off to do my own wee Celtic equivalent of the 12 days of practise via Otto Sharmer offering for 7 days of practise found on his LinkedIn profile. That and This Years Compass found free here https://yearcompass.com/
I was worrying about the wee robin - so relieved how the story ends! Have always had a thing for robins, LOVE those perfect earrings! Glad you too have a corner to rest & heal up in, and time to do so - tho looking forward to your gig at Eden Court too... 😉
Thank you for a reminiscence of the joy of joining the Come Away In choir last year. Singing that day was a catalyst for returning to my voice in the following months and finding companionship with other wonderful women in song.
This is beautiful, I love following all the little signs that come my way too. I think I will try and find out about the old Celtic omen days too. Thank you .
I’m so glad that the sharp- windedness is easing, and the signs from the universe are that it’s going to be ok. Who knew that even Aldi could be sending signs?!
As ever I loved reading this. I am a Christmas grinch due to difficult family dynamics, but I find January and its promise of some kind of renewal a good counter to the pressure of Christmas time. So it’s good to read your reflections on this time too.
I particularly resonated with “often that it’s the ones who’ve developed the muscle and habit of giving and caring who’re able to dig deep and give and care even more.” Yes! I’ve been forged in some tough fires, both of my children have been near to death at different times, but it’s made my caring muscles bloody strong! And I see that in others around me - mainly women but also the good man by my side.
Keep on keeping on, Karine. You make the world a better place! (Btw - at the risk of sounding creepy - you were my no. 1 artist on Deezer last year, you made my lugs and heart better and gladder on many a day! Thank you so much).
My tarot for the first light of the year was strength through patience and understanding, which I have carried with me all week in my pocket. Here, you clear the way towards strength for many of us still learning. Celtic celebration blessings on you. Laura
Thank you. Love and light to you Karine. I believe that the ability to see beauty in the world around us, to notice the wee sparkles and awesome functionality that Mother nature shares, and the grace to show gratitude for every lovely thing you encounter, is the ideal way to stay sane and self-nourish in tough times. Keep goin' on.
Karine thank you. In a world that often forgets its own stories, you gather the threads, share quiet wisdoms, song-stream us through your field notes of human kindness offering us mossy truths of ecology and kinship not for accolade but for the simple radical act of keeping us connected. I too loved singing with you in St Giles last New Years Day - it was a highlight of my year and set the most beautiful tone that seemed to illuminate my entire year. Your voice is a hearth-light for the rest of us, a place where grief is allowed to breathe and where community is not a concept but a lived and generous practice. You are a gift to us! a songbird who sings even when the sky is heavy and like McGarrigle you know how to turn loss into medicine. May 2026 bring you blessings, good company, clear signs and the kind of luck that knows your name .
Karine, while you mend, rest, hunker down, and tend to matters close at hand, I'm sure your heart knows what the brain has not yet fully processed: that "You Know Where You Are; you know where you're going", for tucked safe within the corners of your heart and tucked deep within the pages of your mind are the words and feelings you are just beginning to work through!
Thank heavens for those 'tall, caring and giving spruces, Scot pines and Junipers' within your circle of care. The very best to you as you may come to unfold that 12th written intention then have it buried or turned to ash by wk's end.
Closure and a time of completion (9) with transformation and profound awakening (1 or 10) is upon you for certain! Thank you for this reflection! You are quite an inspiration 🇨🇦 🍁
Thank you, Karine, for your kindness and expansiveness of thought, your warmth of heart, your care and the love you show us all just by being you. May this year bring you peace and joy.
And you Simone.
What a gift to wake up to your musings Karine. I’ve not enjoyed this festive season at all and been struggling to figure out why. Is it the grief if the disconnect between my family and I and should we have just taken off (that’s what I usually do when things get tough), but instead I’ve decided (or possibly been forced) to lean in and stay home.
You’re wee Robin’s tale adapted from Duncan’s work makes me wonder if others (including my kids), find me to be more like the Beech and the other trees than the Spruce, the Scot Pine and the Juniper.
I’m a naturally giving person who feeds off the energy of others. Being still is a real struggle for me. Hiwever, my own musings lead me back to my own epiphany this year at a workshop with Peter Senge at the Inner Development Goals Summit in Stockholm, when he shared feedback he had received when he was told ‘your ideas are great Peter but it’s time you got serious and practised …., practised ….., practised! It spoke to me. So practised I will.
I was on the return from a cold water dook and sauna yesterday with Claire our car buddy from Stonesbarn. Our conversation and reminiscing made me realise I’m not alone. You can be together even while still and apart. Energy begets energy in all its forms. I may have felt lonely this festive season but like you I am blessed, I’ve got friends and memories and more to make in the awakening years, and more time to practise.
I’m off to do my own wee Celtic equivalent of the 12 days of practise via Otto Sharmer offering for 7 days of practise found on his LinkedIn profile. That and This Years Compass found free here https://yearcompass.com/
There is also some great chat about Robins here at 0:02:48 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002nvkt?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
I’m saying ‘Come Away In’ to 2026 and whatever it brings.
Love to you Marie. And dooks and pals, compasses and maps.
I was worrying about the wee robin - so relieved how the story ends! Have always had a thing for robins, LOVE those perfect earrings! Glad you too have a corner to rest & heal up in, and time to do so - tho looking forward to your gig at Eden Court too... 😉
No birds for Inverness but one almighty palm tree!
May the coming year unfold for you in exciting and rewarding ways. ✨️
And both you of Ed.
Thank you for a reminiscence of the joy of joining the Come Away In choir last year. Singing that day was a catalyst for returning to my voice in the following months and finding companionship with other wonderful women in song.
Rest well and take care.
So glad to hear this Kate. Sing, sing!
Thank you
Gorgeous words to read xx
Thanks Kirsty.
This is beautiful, I love following all the little signs that come my way too. I think I will try and find out about the old Celtic omen days too. Thank you .
Such a very beautiful read for the ending of this first day of the year Karine, thank you.
It's always a comfort to read your thoughtful words. Wishing you much peace, love and serenity in 2026 and beyond.
Thanks Katherine.
So beautiful. 🙏
I’m so glad that the sharp- windedness is easing, and the signs from the universe are that it’s going to be ok. Who knew that even Aldi could be sending signs?!
As ever I loved reading this. I am a Christmas grinch due to difficult family dynamics, but I find January and its promise of some kind of renewal a good counter to the pressure of Christmas time. So it’s good to read your reflections on this time too.
I particularly resonated with “often that it’s the ones who’ve developed the muscle and habit of giving and caring who’re able to dig deep and give and care even more.” Yes! I’ve been forged in some tough fires, both of my children have been near to death at different times, but it’s made my caring muscles bloody strong! And I see that in others around me - mainly women but also the good man by my side.
Keep on keeping on, Karine. You make the world a better place! (Btw - at the risk of sounding creepy - you were my no. 1 artist on Deezer last year, you made my lugs and heart better and gladder on many a day! Thank you so much).
My tarot for the first light of the year was strength through patience and understanding, which I have carried with me all week in my pocket. Here, you clear the way towards strength for many of us still learning. Celtic celebration blessings on you. Laura
Thank you. Love and light to you Karine. I believe that the ability to see beauty in the world around us, to notice the wee sparkles and awesome functionality that Mother nature shares, and the grace to show gratitude for every lovely thing you encounter, is the ideal way to stay sane and self-nourish in tough times. Keep goin' on.
Karine thank you. In a world that often forgets its own stories, you gather the threads, share quiet wisdoms, song-stream us through your field notes of human kindness offering us mossy truths of ecology and kinship not for accolade but for the simple radical act of keeping us connected. I too loved singing with you in St Giles last New Years Day - it was a highlight of my year and set the most beautiful tone that seemed to illuminate my entire year. Your voice is a hearth-light for the rest of us, a place where grief is allowed to breathe and where community is not a concept but a lived and generous practice. You are a gift to us! a songbird who sings even when the sky is heavy and like McGarrigle you know how to turn loss into medicine. May 2026 bring you blessings, good company, clear signs and the kind of luck that knows your name .