Archive for July, 2014

Last Day of Summer in the Garden

Summer’s Last Day                                                        Lughnasa Moon Here a few pictures from this morning’s work in the garden:

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Mid-Season Slump

Summer                                                             Lughnasa Moon I’ve slipped into a late summer pensive mode, obvious from the posts lately. It’s not far off from melancholy, a land I […]

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Nocturne

Summer                                                                  Lughnasa Moon The days continue to grow shorter. The yellow orb in the middle of the round calendar has begun to pull […]

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Streaming

Summer                                                                          Lughnasa Moon Turning up the nozzle on the firehose. I read three newspapers daily: the NYT, the Denver […]

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Inner Life

Summer                                                                 Lughnasa Moon Gosh. Got off on a philosophical, faith oriented jaunt the last few days. I think that’s passed for now. We don’t […]

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A Swimmer’s Tale

Summer                                                              Lughnasa Moon Just finished a BBC series, Life on Mars, recommended by sister Mary. Thanks, Mary. This series is a real mind bender. I […]

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What Is This Faith?

Summer                                                            Lughnasa Moon So, continuing the subject from below, we might ask, what is faith? I will bring in my favorite definitionary, the O.E.D., but before […]

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The Song of the Earth, Herself

Summer                                                            New (Lughnasa) Moon At first, as I dug my way into a new faith, it was about a symphony: the early crocus, snowdrops, grape hyacinths […]

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Into This World We’re Thrown

Summer                                                             New (Lughnasa) Moon Into this house we’re bornInto this world we’re thrown…Riders on the storm             The Doors, “Riders […]

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Heading Toward the Festival of First Harvests, Lughnasa (August 1st)

Summer                                                           New (Lughnasa) Moon The harvest now. Onions, more and more lying down. The batch from last week have had their curing in the sun and […]

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