For our final March gathering, we enter the world of Hamnet — the novel by Maggie O'Farrell and its film adaptation — a story of love, grief, and the quiet endurance of the natural world.

This story broke my heart and stitched it back together in the most beautiful, organic way. It returned me to the forest — to something elemental and deeply alive within myself.

I’ve been so moved by it that I feel called to gather around it, to write inside its themes of love, grief, and the natural world. And there is no more fitting time than March — our month of Spring Awakening — when the earth itself is softening and coming back to life.

At its heart, Hamnet is not simply about loss.
It is about love that continues.

It is rosemary and returning to the earth for answers.
It’s paving your own way in the world.
It is being loved for who you truly are — not who you were taught to be.

As the earth begins to soften this spring, we’ll write into:

• The loves that shaped us

• The grief we still carry

• Our connection to the earth’s apothecary (a little herbal lesson!)

• The longing to be loved as we are

** Please note that it is highly recommended to read the novel or watch the film - or in some way acquaint yourself with the story before the salon.