Tired of living disconnected from nature's rhythms while racing through an endless calendar of obligations? This episode explores how Cross-Quarter Days—the forgotten midpoints between solstices and equinoxes—can transform your year from four rushed seasons into eight meaningful moments of pause and reflection. Rather than borrowing ancient Celtic traditions that don't match your local landscape, discover how to create place-based celebrations anchored to what's actually happening in your backyard: which plants are fruiting, what animals are active, how the night sky shifts, and what indigenous peoples called each full moon. Joined by Mariah Gladstone, founder of Indigikitchen and expert in indigenous food systems, we'll discuss how regular gatherings around seasonal, locally-sourced meals can reconnect you to both your natural surroundings and your community. This conversation will give you practical tools for slowing down and finding meaning in nature's calendar, without cultural appropriation or complicated rituals.

LINKS FROM EPISODE 126:

• 2025 Stargazing Guide (FREE download): https://nightskytourist.com/guide/ 

• Indigikitchen: https://www.indigikitchen.com/ 

• Indigikitchen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Indigikitchen 

• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer: https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/books 

• “The Little-Known Links between Holidays and Cross-Quarter Days”: https://nightskytourist.com/cross-quarter-days/ 

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