Katherine May – How ‘Wintering’ Replenishes

<p>In so many stories and fables that shape us, cold and snow, the closing in of the light — these have deep psychological as much as physical reality. This is “wintering,” as the English writer Katherine May illuminates in her beautiful, meditative book of that title — at once a season of the natural world, a respite our bodies require, and a state of mind. Krista first spoke with Katherine in midwinter 2020, and their conversation continues to offer a helpful container for our pandemic time: as one vast, extended, communal experience of wintering. As 2021 draws to a close — still with so much to metabolize and to carry, with an aching need for replenishment — Katherine May opens up exactly what so many have needed to hear, but haven’t known how to name.</p><p>Katherine May is an author of fiction and memoir whose titles include <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/wintering-the-power-of-rest-and-retreat-in-difficult-times/9780593189481"><i>Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times</i></a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Electricity-Every-Living-Thing-Womans/dp/1409172511/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Electricity+of+Every+Living+Thing&qid=1610142558&s=books&sr=1-1"><i>The Electricity of Every Living Thing</i></a>, and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Burning-Out-Katherine-May-ebook/dp/B0067PP22S/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Burning+Out+katherine+may&qid=1610142621&s=books&sr=1-1"><i>Burning Out</i></a>. She is also the editor of an anthology of essays about motherhood, called <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-best-most-awful-job-twenty-writers-talk-honestly-about-motherhood/9781783964864"><i>The Best, Most Awful Job</i></a>.</p><p>Find <a href="https://onbeing.org/programs/katherine-may-how-wintering-replenishes/#transcript">the transcript </a>for this show at onbeing.org.</p><p>This show originally aired in January, 2021.</p>