Wander the Wheel: May | What Grows in the Dark 
A monthly nature-based folklore and cultural publication for curious families

May goes into the dark.

Wander the Wheel is a monthly publication for families who want to move through the year with intention, curiosity, and a deep love for the stories and traditions that connect us to the turning seasons. Each issue weaves together global folklore, art history, nature study, crafts, recipes, rituals, and reflection into something you can read aloud at the kitchen table, take outside, and return to all month long.

This May issue follows the mycelium. It walks into the caves of Lascaux. It sits with Beatrix Potter and the watercolors they told her were not science, stands above the largest living organism on earth, lights the sacred fire at the Hill of Tara, and closes in a Gothic tower in Mexico City where a candle flame is turning a dinner table into a solar system.

Inside you will find:

An opening story narrated by the mycelium network itself, seven global folklore traditions from Beltane to the ghost festivals of ancient Rome, a deep nature study of fungi and foxfire and the wood wide web, art history spanning seventeen thousand years, seven crafts for all ages, six recipes including a slow-roasted Beltane lamb and elderflower cordial, shadow work journal prompts for every age, and rituals for tending the threshold of summer.

The hearth question at the center of it all: what is growing in your own beautiful dark?

This is a digital PDF download, delivered to your inbox immediately upon purchase. Best viewed on tablet or desktop. Printable at home.

You can also order a beautiful heirloom, printed copy. These are printed on demand, when your order is received, so they they make take up to 10 days to arrive. You will receive the PDF to view in the meantime.

Rooted in respect. Guided by wonder. Crafted for learners of all ages.