The Returning Sound

02/02/2026

Today is Candlemas Day and if you look out the window this morning on the 2nd of February 2026 - you will noticed the mornings are brighter and so too will in the evenings.

The little verse in the image here relates to this and it’s a saying told to my the late Mary Deegan from Bunclody here in Wexford about 6 years ago. She told me that her father would recite these few words on Candlemas Day every year as he used today as a guide to eat his “supper by the light of day”. I’ve also came across versions of this here in the south east of Ireland and also over in Newfoundland. The verse I heard off people in Branch Newfoundland goes;

“Half your prog and half your hay
Eat your supper by the light of day”

I love how we have little verses and sayings to guide us through the calendar year and this another one.

Text: Michael Fortune

01/02/2026

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30/01/2026

“Love and light” without action is not healing. It’s hiding.
There’s a difference between not having capacity and choosing not to use the capacity you have.
If you’re exhausted, grieving, surviving—your capacity is sacred. There’s no bypass there.
But when you do have the space—when your belly is full and the scroll is smooth—and you still choose not to look, not to feel, not to act… that is bypass.
And the cost of that choice is no longer invisible. It shows up in broken systems, amplified division, performative healing, and disengagement dressed up as discernment.
I know it’s easier to say “I’m neutral.”
To light a candle and send “love.”
To believe your healing is complete.
But insight isn’t supposed to make you feel comfortable. It’s supposed to ask something of you.
So if you really want to send love and light—
Get down in the dirt.
Live it.
Read more on my Substack, link in comments.

27/01/2026

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