Category Archives: Mussar

The No Strangers, No Contact Which Requires Extra Effort Level

Beltane and the Beltane Moon Monday gratefuls: CBE. Comedy. Tater tots. Alan as an auctioneer. The improv troupe. Luke’s mom. Luke. Mindy. The auction. The Ancient Brothers on travel. Black Mountain. The Solar panels. Warm weather. Cool nights. Last of … Continue reading →

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Not looking

Beltane and the Beltane Moon Thursday/Friday gratefuls: MVP. CBE. Cook’s venture chickens. Rommertopf. Moist roast chicken. With leeks, potatoes, carrots, celery, kale. Cheese curds with nuts and dried fruit. My contribution to MVP. Shleimut. Wholeness. Integrity. Middah of the month. … Continue reading →

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Quieter, lighter, calmer

Spring and Kate’s Yahrzeit Moon Monday gratefuls: Diane coming today. Joe and Seoah tomorrow. Party at Brooke’s Tavern on Thursday for Gabe’s 14th. Falling into a new way of being. Like a Mountain Stream flowing toward the Ocean. Life knows … Continue reading →

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What is truth?

Spring and Kate’s Yahrzeit Moon Thursday gratefuls: Rich. Jamie. Marilyn. Susan. Truth. Emet. Luke and his new haircut. Alan. Pesach. Liberation. Slavery. Myth. Story. Legend. Ovid. Latin. Writing. Ukraine. Climate change. Democracy. Liberalism. High fire danger. Sparks of Joy and … Continue reading →

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Holiness

Spring and Kate’s Yahrzeit Moon Sunday gratefuls: Erleada. Banana. Gonna go Bahamas. Orgovyx. Cancers of all kinds. Bird song in the early morning. A splash of red Light on the Lodgepoles of Black Mountain. Gray Sky to the west. Each … Continue reading →

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O2. Feeling a little down

Imbolc and the Seoah Citizenship Moon Friday gratefuls: Snow. About 18 inches or so. Steel gray Sky over a whitened Black Mountain. Kep slogging through the Snow. Loving it. O2 saturation low yesterday. ?. The life of the mind. The … Continue reading →

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It’s a New Day

Imbolc and the Seoah Citizenship Moon Friday gratefuls: Jon’s ok. Ruth, growing up. That weird sandwich. Not so ok with my stomach. The anniversary. The people who helped me through it. Chicken soup. Soul. Mine. Trying to find it. Searching … Continue reading →

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Results not guaranteed

Imbolc and the Seoah Citizenship Moon Thursday gratefuls: Snow. Kate. Our 32 plus years together. Her laugh. Her wry humor. Her keen intelligence. Her knowledge of cooking and medicine. And classical music. Her. Kep, snuggling this morning before we got … Continue reading →

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Things beginning to come together, finish. Yes!

Imbolc and Seoah’s Citizenship Moon Friday gratefuls: Kep. Trying to get me up at 3 AM. For the third time. Nope. David Sanders. Rabbi Jamie feelin’ good. Recovery. Alcoholism. Grief. Tarot. Astrology. Kabbalah. Torah. Tanakh. Bible. Sacred. Holy. Divine. Occult. … Continue reading →

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Charlie’s Difficult, Wonderful Week

Imbolc and the 3/4 Moon Thursday gratefuls: Rigel. Her death. Kep. That hole in my heart. Tom. Here. Cannabis. Leah. Marilyn and Irv. Susan Marcus and Thoreau. Rich Levine. Dr. Palmini. VRCC. The new kitchen. The new furniture and lamp. … Continue reading →

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