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SIXTH ISSUE     Drops with each New Moon

*Published in concert with our Fortnight Calendar

Look Out For: Late apples, lingering pears, hardy pumpkins, winter squash, sweet potatoes, parsnips, Brussels sprouts, sage, thyme, asters, goldenrod gone to seed, ironweed fading, maple crowns blazing, oaks shedding, hickory nuts falling, migrating sparrows, crows gathering, owls calling early, foxes on the hunt, deer rutting, chipmunks stashing, spider webs silvered with frost, field crickets slowing, wood smoke curling, crisp dawns, frosty evenings, & the whisper of leaves underfoot!

Look Up For: The Orionid Meteor Shower peaks on October 21, the new moon, with up to 20 meteors per hour in the southeastern sky. Late October brings bright Venus low in the western twilight, while Mars rises in the east after midnight. The full Hunter Moon on November 5, the last supermoon of the year, casts a golden glow over liminal landscapes. Watch for the Leonid Meteor Shower beginning around November 15, with early streaks visible before midnight, culminating near the November 20 new moon for dark-sky viewing.

THE HUNTER MOON CYCLE • 10/21 • 10/29 • 11/05 • 11/12 • 11/20 • NEXT: THE COLD MOON

The Fox & Thistle Liminal

A MONTHLY CREATIVE ALMANAC WEAVING TOGETHER ART, EXPRESSION, AND REFLECTIONS

Inside This Issue: Annual Fortnight Calendar • Flashback Internet Technology • A Year of Seasonal Poems Welcoming Shadows • Traditional Scottish Loomwork • Maritime Arches 16th c. Absurdism • Lost Friends • Four-Toed Feetloaf

‘WARM ARC’ 2026 FORTNIGHT CALENDAR

Inspired by ANCESTRAL TRADITIONS, this calendar is arranged in fourteen-day spans and aligns with the lunar cycles and celestial events of the year.

CREATED IN CURIOSITY. DRAWN FROM REFLECTION.

This calendar begins with the two weeks leading up to the shortest day of 2025— Charting Equinoxes, Eclipses, Solstices, Meteor Showers, & Moon Phases into early 2027.

View the full Calendar at FOX & THISTLE STUDIO...

SCIENCE WITHOUT POETRY LACKS RESONANCE. MYSTERY WITHOUT REASON LACKS FORM.

Track planting cycles, creative endeavors, changes in rhythm, and seasonal shifts. A quiet companion for finding orientation within the year, rather than direction.

Download and print a free FORTNIGHT CALENDAR from home,
Ideal for a bulletin board in your kitchen, office, or workshop.

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Quietly Wild

Fox & Thistle Studio recently had the pleasure of discovering a kindred echo of the rhythms and seasonal flow celebrated in our Fortnight Calendar.  Quietly Wild by Alix Klingenberg, is a collection of poems and photographs tracing the year’s cycles through reflection.

Quietly Wild invites us to live somewhere between what is changing externally & internally, highlighting the liminality of not just being in nature, but a part of it.

Alix has several poetry collections and a free publication called Earth & Verse on Substack. Visit her website at www.alixklingenberg.com to see more of her work.

Hothouse Flowers

Recent Highlights from our Vintage Bazaar

Vintage Silver-Plate Candle Snuffer

Candle snuffers have long been used to quietly extinguish flames—a small ritual in itself. Candlelight moves & breathes, revealing subtleties of the hidden reality where light and shadow meet, which is often not possible with modern lighting. In some cultures, it was considered bad luck to blow out a candle—ranging from blowing away souls, inviting unwanted spirits, scattering wishes, or expelling protective light too abruptly. Snuffing was safer, quieter, and more respectful.

Measuring approximately 10", silver-plated with no maker’s mark, and bearing scratches and subtle discoloration that hint at previous use, this helmeted snuffer carries both the weight and elegance of mid-20th-century design.

Scottish 'Moffat Woollens' Throw

Woven in Scotland, this throw is part of a woolen tradition stretching back centuries. By the 16th century, mills in the Southern Uplands were producing durable, patterned fabrics for daily use—a heritage carried through generations of weavers. Mohair—a fine, lustrous fiber from Angora goats, was introduced in the 19th century and blended with wool for softness and resilience, with a touch of nylon added in the last century for extra strength.

Its tartan-inspired palette of green, blue, and red reflects mid-century Scottish textile styles. This 4' x 5' woolen throw embodies the expertise of hands and loom in a long-established Caledonian craft.

Driftwood Arch

Standing nearly 9 feet tall, this natural arch evokes the timeless rhythms between land and sea. Fashioned from two sweeping pieces of driftwood and lashed together at the crown, it mirrors the grandeur of whalebone arches found in maritime lore, symbolizing strength, passage, and the enduring spirit of the sea.

Driftwood, a gift of the tides, carries tales of distant shores and unchartered waters. For centuries, such arches have served as thresholds—marking sacred spaces, celebrating unions, or simply framing the horizon with quiet reverence. In some traditions, arches of driftwood or bones were thought to bring luck, ward off storms, and bless those who crossed beneath them with safe passage and a clear heart.

Pantagruel's Reverie

Absurd, cryptic, and ambiguous dilemmas paired with obscure 16th century etchings.

 Pantagruel’s Dreams, a Renaissance book of grotesques & satire, revels in folly and wit. It traces the uneasy dance between superstition & the rising current of humanist thought, hinting at the tension between curiosity & fear — the known & the unknown.

As days wane, and light yields to shadow, Fox & Thistle Studio lingers in the in-between... questions without answers, feelings without names, fleeting ideas, & ominous futures — where absurdism and modern life meet & 500-year-old echoes whisper, drawing uneasy parallels to humanity's current insecurities.

See the Collection at Fox & Thistle Studio.

scatterings...

A slow burn archive through sketches, scraps, & fragments—before Fox & Thistle was a studio...

The DAY THE DOGS ALL WENT AWAY

I made this sketch the day I learned my family dog from childhood had passed. The painting came several years later. His name was Tag. Visit THE ARCHIVE FOR MORE

Take a moment to picture one of your favorite humans—we'd love for them to join us. Does our rhythm resonate? Help us grow our creative community by sharing!

KETTLE & CRUMB

Simple, seasonal recipes — tried & true, from Fox & Thistle's kitchen.

Preparations for Cooler Days and Longer Nights

Four-Toed Feetloaf

PREP 25 min COOK 65 min TOTAL 1hr30min SERVES 6-8 TEMP 375 °F

Anatomical approximation in loaf-like form. Exhibits caramelized toenails, somewhat uniform tissue density, & 2nd-degree burns. Ideal for observation, dissection, & clinical consumption.

*Note: THIS RECIPE MAKES ONE FOOTLOAF. DOUBLE IT FOR TWO FEET.

• 1 Tbsp veg. oil • 2 ribs of celery • 1/2 c. chopped onion • 1 lbs. lean ground beef • 1/2 lbs. ground pork • 3/4 c. old fashioned oats • 1/4 c. ketchup • 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce • 1 1/2 tsp salt • 1 large egg, beaten • 2 Tbsp milk (or water) • 1/2 onion for ankle knob

Glaze • 1 c. ketchup • 2 Tbsp brown sugar

1. Preheat oven to 375 °F. 2. Heat oil & cook celery and chopped onion 7-9 min until tender. 3. In large bowl, mix beef, pork, oats, ketchup, worcestershire, salt, egg, milk, & cooked celery and onion. 4. In a large casserole dish, shape the footloaf into an ugly foot. Nest a half onion at ankle, and insert ingrown onions into toes. 5. Bake for 45 min, then cover with glaze and bake another 15 or 20 min. Desired internal temp is 160 °F. Let rest for 10 min before slicing.

A double batch is recommended (most excellent reheated). Serve with mashed potatoes, & green beans or peas.

Our sincerest thanks to "At Home With Amy Sedaris" for introducing Fox & Thistle Studio to Feetloaf!

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