Lughnasa and the Michaelmas Moon Tuesday gratefuls: Kitchen redesign. Jodi coming at 10. The cleaning crew. A clean house. Check arrived at CBE. Finally. Diane in the knotty pine bedroom formerly used by Uncle Riley and Aunt Virginia. Her meeting … Continue reading
Lughnasa and the Chesed Moon Friday gratefuls: CBE. Mussar Vaad Practice Group. Rich the Surfer Dude. Marilyn. Jamie. Susan. Tara. Judy. Alan. Ron. Children. Their complicated love. Ruth. Lauri and Jamie B. Elul. Repentance and Forgiveness. Kate, always Kate. Rigel … Continue reading
Lughnasa and the Lughnasa Moon Tuesday gratefuls: HVAC mini-splits. Tom. His HVAC guy. Diane. Cousins. Family. Extended and virtual. Claire and her new life. Social Security. Cool morning. Allergies. Ragweed. Chenopods: amaranth, pigweed, waterhemp, russian thistle, lamb’s quarters. Washing machine. … Continue reading
Summer and the Lughnasa Moon Tuesday gratefuls: Tony’s Market, always a treat. The receptionist at Hearing Aid Associates who fixed my hearing aid. A walk around my neighborhood. Kate, always Kate. Tom, coming for a visit. The Post Office. Mail. … Continue reading
Summer and the Moon of Lughnasa Saturday gratefuls: Claire and her new life. Good sleep. Cool mornings. The Chrysalis of grief. Kep and Rigel, companions, angels. The six Mule Deer Bucks in the yard and across the road this morning. … Continue reading
Summer and the Lughnasa Moon Monday gratefuls: Kate, always Kate. Her death. Mourning. Grieving. Greg, coming to give an estimate on staining the house. Rivers and Mountains poetry of China. Hsieh Ling-yun. Black Mountain. Shadow Mountain. Maxwell Creek. Cub Creek. … Continue reading
Beltane and the Shadow Mountain Moon Thursday gratefuls: Dentists. Teeth. Grocery stores. Cattle Egrets and Mynah Birds and Brazilian Cardinals. Painful hips and muscles. Getting the snow tires off in July. Rain. Cloudy mornings. Bird song. Those marshmallow and macadamia … Continue reading
Beltane and the waning crescent of the Island Moon Saturday gratefuls: Seoah. Joe. Mary. Kate, always Kate. Murdoch. Paradise on Earth. Its Sun. Its Ocean. Its Sky. Its people. Its history. Old friends. Ancient friends. New friends. Grief. Death. Healing. … Continue reading
Beltane and the Island Moon Monday gratefuls: Bishop Museum. Ku. Kane. Celestial navigation. These Islands, their history, people land volcanoes. The friendly guy at the Bishop Museum front desk. Museums and those who work there, manage them, create exhibits, collections. … Continue reading
Beltane and the Island Moon Wednesday gratefuls: Murdoch. Who wags his tail. Joe and his new haircut for a call with the Japanese. Seoah, recovered now from a dog incident yesterday. Mary and her work with Seoah to find a … Continue reading