Imbolc and the Megillah Moon Saturday gratefuls: Psalms. Rabbi Jamie. Gwen, Ayelet, Dean, Jan, Cherie. The class. Much needed, as I said before. Jackie. Hair stylist and lovely human. Covid survivor. Kep and Rigel, Kate. In our family crate. Yeti … Continue reading
Winter and the Moon of the New Year Christmastide Day 8: Snow Day Saturday gratefuls: Rigel’s sleeping habits. Keps. Mine. Kate’s. All different. Dogs to feed. Humans to feed. The night Sky. The International Space Station speeding past Ursa Major … Continue reading
Winter and the Moon of the New Year Wednesday gratefuls: Trash pickup. Cold and Snow. Kate. Always Kate. 28 days! Two fortnights. And, you’re outta there. Vaccines. Covid. Kep and Dr. Bachtel. VRCC. Sano. Christmas. Christmas eve. Christmastide. (which ancientrails … Continue reading
Samain and the Thanksgiving Moon (a lovely crescent this morning with Venus below and Spica nearby) Wednesday gratefuls: Less trash. Kep and Rigel, sleeping dogs. 42 days!!! Hanukkah starts tomorrow. Gotta get out the menorahs. Jon turns 52. Joe’s working … Continue reading
Samain and the Thanksgiving Moon Monday gratefuls: Chess. Chess puzzles. Luhzin Defense by Nabokov. Queen’s Gambit. Safeway pickup. Irv and Marilyn. The Ancient Ones. Kakun. Shinise. Ichiwa. Ikigai. Wabi-Sabi. Korea. Seoah’s parents, her brother, and her two sisters. Seoah. Joe. … Continue reading
Samain and the Full Thanksgiving Moon Sunday gratefuls: The Full Thanksgiving Moon, which traveled west over the course of the night. Mary’s calendar of Joe and Seoah’s time in Singapore. Her seeing them off at Changi on their way to … Continue reading
Samain and the Moon of Thanksgiving Friday gratefuls: Full bellies. Hungry bellies. All alive now as we hurtle towards a New Year, a planet infected with infected people. Perhaps the end of Black Friday. Jon’s good day skiing. Ruth’s … Continue reading
Samain and the Moon of Thanksgiving Monday gratefuls: The Ancient Ones riff on Thanksgiving and thanksgiving. The animal that gave its life for our carne asada. The potatoes and the carrots. Root vegetables. Garlic, too. Walt Whitman. When Lilacs … Continue reading
Samain and the Thanksgiving Moon Thursday gratefuls: A good visit with a potential new doc. Our since we moved here doc, Lisa Gidday, retires January 1. 2020 was too much for her. Also a good visit for Kep with his … Continue reading
Samain and the Moon of Thanksgiving Wednesday gratefuls: Mountain Waste. Doctors. The one here and the ones out there. Roads. The builders of Colorado Mountain roads. His Dark Materials. Phillip Pullman. Friends. Caregiving. Tsundoku. Collecting books you have not read. … Continue reading