My teenage daughter keeps rolling her eyes at our family's seasonal traditions - the spring cleaning, the winter solstice lights, the fall preservation cooking - and I'm caught between wanting to pass on this wisdom and not wanting to force something that feels meaningless to her. We barely talk about it anymore and I'm watching this knowledge just slip away.
More people experience this than they realize.
The natural transfer of cyclical knowledge is being interrupted by generational differences in values and lifestyle.
“Where Are You with The farmer's calendar — seasonal wisdom?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.