While I try to get outside when I can, winter isn't a good time for me. I don't handle slippery surfaces well - mud or ice - and the cold makes me hurt more. It's not a good time of year for doing outdoors rituals, I can't sit out. This can make me feel distanced from my path, so it's useful to review the things I can do in winter.

It's a good time to read, study, explore ideas and develop skills. I've done a lot to develop my writing craft this winter, and I'm learning about different cultures and the different ways in which people use language.

Online activism is always an option. I've not been doing so well with that lately.

Thanks to the internet, the winter can be spent plotting and planning. I am doing less in-person community, but I'm making plans for future activities. I'm developing some online ideas that I hope will cheer people. I've been talking to my local wassail folk with a view to getting more involved. I'm also exploring some creative collaboration.

While I've not written much blog content explicitly about Druidry in the last few months, I could do more of that and I might feel better for it. I have been working on a book for the Earth Spirit line at Moon Books which is about authenticity and sustainability, so that's been where a lot of my more Druidic work has been happening.

I'm doing a lot of work on my own head. This is about knowing myself, and also about healing. I think I can count this as Druidic work. At the same time I'm learning a lot about how other people interact with the world, which hopefully will help me to be a more understanding and compassionate sort of person.

One of the things meeting up with other Druids always gave me was a chance to affirm my own Druid-ness. So, if you want to jump into the comments and talk about what you're doing, as a Druid, or in any other way that is important to you, I'm delighted to offer that space. Being off on your own too much can make it harder to see what's going on in your life. Check ins can be really good for thinking about how things are for you.