Skunks Are Coming Out

by Heidi Wilson

Heidi’s passion is to share songs in service to community and the wild world; songs that celebrate the seasons, bring groups together, offer thanks, muster courage, and make room for connection and healing. She has been leading community singing groups in Vermont and beyond for the last 20 years.

You can support Heidi’s work via Patreon.

This song was inspired by maple sugaring season in Vermont, which coincides with mating season for the skunk population! Here in WNC, our skunks begin emerging to scout for food and mates in mid-February, and will be on the hunt til mid-April. Skunks are mostly nocturnal, but can sometimes be spotted in the daytime, often foraging from household waste.

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LYRICS:

Low:
Drip, drip, drip
Drippy, drippy
Drip, drip, drip
Drippy, drippy

Mid:
Skunks are coming out
Oooo, they’re coming out
Skunks are coming out
To find some food

High:
I can hear the creeks flowing
I can smell the sap boiling
I can feel the sun shining
Drip drip drip

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The Earth Makes of Herself

by Anni Zylstra

Anni Zylstra (they/them) is a multidisciplinary folk artist based in the traditional homelands of the Oceti Sakowin and Ho-chunk in SW so-called Wisconsin.   Some of the realms their work encompasses include traditional willow basketry, agroforestry, polyphonic singing, arts organizing, directing, and teaching. All of Anni's work is rooted in both deep reverence for the nonhuman world, as well as visions of radical inclusion and reimagining who is welcome in the rural folkscape.

“The Earth Makes of Herself  is a many-part round for meal or harvest blessings, or to generally celebrate the wonder of a world intelligent enough to regrow itself season after season.” -Anni

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LYRICS:

The earth makes of herself, 
First the seed, then the blade
and the ear, then the full grain of the year.

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