Lughnasa Waning Grandchildren Moon Turning round the star wheel we have come again to the first day of the month named after Augustus Caesar, First Citizen of Rome. In Celtic lands this month was: Welsh–Awst, Scots Gaelic–an Lunasdal and in Irish: Lughnasadh. Though the coming of Autumn is not visible, the wind tells us it […]
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Carpe Diem
Summer Waning Grandchildren Moon Over to Rum River Central Park this morning inspired by Emma. Her death reminded me life flees behind us as the ancientrail of our lifetime grows longer and longer. This day is all we ever have, so we cannot allow habitual, customary or rigid behaviors to steal it from us. I […]
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Summer Waning Grandchildren Moon Boy. A new schedule has me feeling good, but a bit discombobulated. I’m getting up at 6:30 am, breakfast, gardening, doing my workout in the morning, then writing for three hours. After that is lunch, nap, perhaps some errands. Then back at it from 3:00 pm until 5:00 pm or so. […]
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Summer Waning Grandchildren Moon Just to let you know, I’m on a new work schedule now and posts will probably come later in the day.
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Summer Waning Grandchildren Moon Thank god, I’m done with the spotlight. Please never again. Interrupting people on their journey through the museum, a private journey done under their guidance, is intrusive, invasive. I had two folks on the Anishinabe to Zapotec Tour, Carl and Carol. When I said, I’ll bet you’ve got jokes on that […]
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Summer Waning Grandchildren Moon Once upon a time a young man, now turned old, began again to consider a quest that had eluded him, eluded him since those days long ago when he left the small village and went off to school. The quest had always seemed simple. In each day given to us there […]
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Summer Waning Grandchildren Moon Kate and I drove 20+ miles to the Edina part of Hopkins, directly across from Blake school’s driveway. This is the home of former State Senator Steve Kelley, also a former candidate for governor. This was a Sierra Club fund-raiser. We listened to speeches, talked to friends, ducked out and then […]
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Summer Waning Grandchildren Moon The kids from Washington Technical College did not find this tour very interesting. Not sure why, didn’t connect with them. A few, yes, but there were wanderers, heading off to other objects. The age range was wide, from 15 to 7 or 8. That was part of it. They perked up […]
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Summer Waning Grandchildren Moon The dog days. A bit from Wikipedia: “The Dog Days originally were the days when Sirius rose just before or at the same time as sunrise (heliacal rising), which is no longer true, owing to precession of the equinoxes. The Romans sacrificed a brown dog at the beginning of the Dog […]
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Summer Full Grandchildren Moon Kate’s made the woodenware for Artemis Hives. Dave Schroeder suggested we mark each piece with the year made. As we start eliminating frames and hive boxes on a five year cycle, we’ve got the record right on the box. This year, with no marks, will be 2010. Next year she’ll start […]
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