Episode 31- February 1, 2015
How do the Chinese introduce their babies to the world? Host Jennifer Ellsworth explains a traditional Full Moon Celebration and reads a short story about an aging woman with one last battle in her: "Burdock War."
"The war declaration came the first day of February. I was sitting alongside the wood stove waiting until it was time to make my biscuits, staring down along the pasture to the orchard. The pasture was scattered with snow-covered people...."
Moon Astrology: Full Moon Tuesday in Leo: Come Alive!
Red egg and ginger party, baby head shaving and a restorative confinement.