Archive for February, 2015

Strut and Fret. Die Anyway.

Imbolc                      Black Mountain Moon Like many of us at our age I have labs out right now, ordered by Dr. Gidday. Something comes for us, that we cannot escape and its first tracks will often show up in rows of numbers from, say, a metabolic […]

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Second Naivete

Imbolc                                       Black Mountain Moon You may think, if you plowed through my three posts on becoming native to this place, that I’m some sort of latter day hippie, wanting everyone to move on to their own […]

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Jackass Hill

Imbolc                               Black Mountain Moon Sourdough Lane. Jackass Hill. Doubleheader Ranch. Warhawk Road. Black Mountain Drive. Place names near our home. How would you like to live on Jackass Hill? Kate and I went to Highland Ranch today and met our […]

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The Weather

Imbolc                                  Black Mountain Moon                                                                       […]

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More

Imbolc                           Black Mountain Moon And yet more snow. 6-10 inches here yesterday afternoon and last night. We’re heading into the two snowiest months, March and April, so this most recent snow storm might be a harbinger. This was a stickier snow, heavier […]

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Becoming (again) Native To This Place

Imbolc                            Black Mountain Moon Becoming native to this place is a phrase I’ve borrowed from Wes Jackson of the Land Institute in Salina, Kansas. Wes and his researchers are trying to develop perennial food crops so plowing will become unnecessary. No till agriculture. […]

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Living in the Long Now

Imbolc                                                 Black Mountain Moon Between now and the time when Pipe Creek fills the lake that will cover all of human artifice here on earth there is a long interim. It […]

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fides quaerens intellectum

Imbolc                         Black Mountain Moon Reimagining faith surfaces, then falls back, behind other projects. Latin, books, art. This surprises me somewhat. I spent 20 years, 5 in seminary and 15 in the full-time ministry, focused on matters of faith. After I retired at 44, […]

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The Augur (Shadow Mountain Kind)

Imbolc                                        Black Mountain Moon Took the cub cadet for a spin this morning. The bright morning sun will melt the snow, but I have to help it along by removing the top layer. More snow coming […]

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Adaptions

Imbolc                                                     Black Mountain Moon The dogs have each adapted to the mountain in their own way. Vega climbs the stairs up to the small porch off my loft and […]

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