Archive for November, 2015

Monday, Monday

Samhain                                                                  Thanksgiving Moon A midnight clear on a joyous night of old. The waning Thanksgiving moon has a huge moondog encircling much of […]

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Enough, Enough, Enough

Samhain                                                                              Thanksgiving Moon This week’s Colorado shooting. Yes, he’s a terrorist. Yes, a black man in a […]

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The Year of Two Thanksgivings

Samhain                                                                     Thanksgiving Moon Grandson Gabe walked in the door and asked two important questions right away: Grandpop, what’s the password for […]

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Black

Samhain                                                             Thanksgiving Moon At 4:30 this morning the Thanksgiving moon hung to the north of Shadow Mountain, obscuring Orion and most of the stars. Luna […]

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Shadow Mountain Thanksgiving Snow

Samhain                                                                 Thanksgiving Moon Still new to winter in the mountains. A beauty I’d not known before. Different from the silent deep cold of […]

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Samhain                                                            Thanksgiving Moon “If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.” ―Meister Eckhart, “Selected Writings,” translated by Oliver Davies (Penguin Classics, […]

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Not the Thanksgiving We Got Ready For

Samhain                                                                 Thanksgiving Moon And so, we spent Thanksgiving on Shadow Mountain, watching the snow come down in lazy lines, thinking of Gabe and […]

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Canceling Thanksgiving

Samhain                                                                      Thanksgiving Moon “Thanksgiving’s canceled,” Kate said when she called me on the intercom. I’d just finished my workout, was in […]

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Samhain     (Thanksgiving)                                                         Thanksgiving Moon “The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.” […]

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Lights, Power, Holidays!

Samhain                                                                    Thanksgiving Moon So many things moving together at this time of year and at this time of our settling in on […]

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