Archive for November, 2013

Why I Live Here

Samhain                                                             Thanksgiving Moon I have decided, over and over again, to remain here in Minnesota.  Leaving occurs to me from time to time, more often […]

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Samhain                                                            Thanksgiving Moon Looks like December 1st, the first day of meteorological winter, is not going to be far off. Temperatures will descend quickly after mid-week […]

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The Supply Is Vast.

Samhain                                                                      Thanksgiving Moon “Life is a question of nerves, and fibres, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself and […]

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The Garden in Winter

Samhain                                                         Thanksgiving Moon Went outside this afternoon.  Something I do less and less as the cold time deepens.  The dogs’ paths stand out now with fallen leaves […]

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Golden

Samhain                                                 Thanksgiving Moon Watched movies and TV, ate lamb, lounged around with the dogs.  That was Thanksgiving. Today found me back at the Latin and ready to go.  The first hour […]

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Following the Great Wheel

Samhain                                                       Thanksgiving Moon The Thanksgiving Moon has become a crescent, my favorite shape of the moon.  When it matches up with Venus or Jupiter in the evening sky, […]

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Die Wand

Samhain                                                        Thanksgiving Moon Die Wand.  So, I cooked my rack of lamb, put the beets and greens and mashed potatoes on my plate, and sat down to watch […]

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And NASA. Thanks For NASA’s Cassini

Samhain                                                                    Thanksgiving Moon All these photographs taken by the Cassini Spacecraft.  All either of Saturn or its moons and rings. I posted […]

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Kate

Samhain                                                           Thanksgiving Moon There is one.  One special thanksgiving.  It starts with the baroque or the classical, a little Mozart, some Hayden, Pachelbel.  An affiliation with […]

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Be Glad You Exist

Samhain                                                            Thanksgiving Moon Thankful.  Grateful.  Still here. Yes, that’s the  prerequisite to all that follows, my living presence to write these words. And, yes, damn it, […]

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