Winter Lights: Kerry Noonan
It sure is dark out there. And during this season of long nights and short, short days, VFC staff have connected with Vermonters from a variety of backgrounds to explore how people share light—both literally and metaphorically—during the darkest time of the year.
“I think it might be interesting to think of this time of year as finding ways you can relax into the darkness.
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Folklorist and Champlain College professor, Dr. Kerry Noonan shares her perspectives on winter festivals, the turning seasons and “relaxing into the darkness.” She also provides us with a primer on Neo-Paganism and the ways neo-pagans mark the mid-winter holiday.
This seasonal segment is part of the Vermont Folklife Center’s Listening in Place project, a program that fosters connections between Vermonters throughout the pandemic and beyond. Click below to learn more about Listening in Place and tell us how you are sharing light this season: