Category Archives: Letters

An Amazing, Unique Day

Samain and the Holimonth Moon Thursday gratefuls: Marty, helping me pick colors. Garden Path for the main level and Backwoods for the door. Cambridge for the lower level and Blueberry Hill for the Bedroom. Kep, the sweet boy. Nudging. A … Continue reading →

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Whispering in the Halls

Fall and the Decision Moon Friday gratefuls: Renewing a relationship. Raeone. Joe. Our son. Seoah. Tropics miniature golf. Boys against girls. Joe and I won. Sarah. Rich. Probate. Clanking and whirring and grinding. Getting nowhere. Jon, a memory. Kate, always … Continue reading →

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You’re Joyful

Beltane and the Beltane Moon Friday gratefuls: Tiredness. Long sleep. Denver Mountain Parks. Trail off Brookforest Drive. Mussar. Feelings shared. Luke’s hug. Acting. Felix. Learning lines. Reading. Zweig. Powers. Meisner. Tal. Out of the head, into the heart. Jon. Ruth. … Continue reading →

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Oh, the Wonders We’ll See

Beltane and the Beltane Moon Tuesday gratefuls: Deb. Robbie. Tal. Gretchen. Alan. Terrence. Jill. Nights. Lunar red. The full red Moon. Cloudy skies. Skipping Sefer Yetzirah. Learning things in astrology. Not enough. Reading plays. Loving it. Art is not only … Continue reading →

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Book-Wrapt

Yule and the Moon of the Winter Solstice Where is Webb? At this moment it is 157000 miles from Earth, 742,000 miles to its orbit, and cruising at a stately 1084 miles per second. Sunday gratefuls: The Webb. 17% of … Continue reading →

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Go, young one, Go

Imbolc and the Megillah Moon Saturday gratefuls: Simple roast chicken. So good. Red Lobster dinner rolls. Likewise. Shadow Mountain Israeli Salad. Cooking. Kate’s feeling better this morning. Rigel prancing in the snow. At 12+. Kep and his serious life. Perseverance. … Continue reading →

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A Wandering Soul

Samain and the Moon of Thanksgiving Sunday gratefuls: Paul’s birthday. Mark Ellis. Mary. Diane. Rigel, keeping me warm. Dr. Bachtel. Cod fingers and steak bits. Onion and Cucumber salad. A Colorado blue Sky day. Colorado road builders. Jeffco snowplow drivers. … Continue reading →

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Thanks for the Body Contact

Samain and the Moon of Thanksgiving Tuesday gratefuls: Kate’s good days. Cottage pie. Rigel in the bed. Her licking my hand this morning. Kep peeking over the edge of the bed, “Get up, Get up!” Charlie Haislet, may his treatments … Continue reading →

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Building a Pier

Samain and the waning crescent of the Moon of Radical Change Saturday gratefuls: Romertopf clay cookers. The chicken who gave its life for our meal. The root vegetables in it, too: potatoes, carrots, leeks, garlic. The snow, may it keep … Continue reading →

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Zozobra

Samain and the Moon of Radical Change My post below is an instance of zozobra. Who am I? Where am I? Who am I with? Are there others? Not sure about Portilla’s comments about the natural world, but this … Continue reading →

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AncienTrails

We all walk ancientrails. Welcome to the journey.