Previous Newsletters

KATHERINE NEVILLE’SNew Epiphany NewsletterJanuary 6, 2014 The Birth of Phanes Last year I wrote an epiphany newsletter for my favorite day of the year: epi-phanes, “upon the birth of Phanes,” the child who popped out of th

KATHERINE NEVILLE’SSeptember 11 NewsletterSeptember 11, 2013 The Battle of Spirit & Matter This morning marks the 12th anniversary of the airplanes that changed our perception of the role we play in the world. My first thought whe

Katherine in Japan KATHERINE NEVILLE’SJaponaiserie, Mon Amour NewsletterAugust 8, 2013 One August, decades ago, I journeyed to Japan. It was the hottest August on record, the Tokyo sidewalks were scalding, one couldn’t walk on t

KATHERINE NEVILLE’SSummer Solstice NewsletterJune 21, 2013 The Longest Day Today is Summer Solstice, when the sun seems to stop in the sky, stop moving north and head south for the winter. Whether the sun was Apollo, Ahura Mazda, or R

KATHERINE NEVILLE’SEpiphany NewsletterJanuary 6, 2013 Epiphany Here it is again: my favorite day of the year, the twelfth day of Christmas – in western tradition, the day that three wise men from the East who’d ‘foll

KATHERINE NEVILLE’S “Triple-Digit Days” Newsletter Dec 12, 2012 “The end of an era: The only long newsletter I will ever write.” -KN The end of a cycle is always fascinating, but this one is especially so. The

  KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Octal Newsletter October 4, 2012   “Oc” in Rome: the 8th Month In the ancient Roman calendar, which began in March at the equinox, September was counted as the 7th month (“Sept”

KATHERINE NEVILLE’S April Fool Newsletter April 1, 2012   Born from the Foam This month was named for the Greek goddess Aphrodite (aphros=foam, dite=born): she who was born from a drop of sperm fallen into the sea, and who emerge