Archive for November, 2017

Hooray for the Pumpkin Pie

By Charles Posted in Cooking, Family, Holidays, Jefferson County, Mountains, Shadow Mountain, US History, Weather +Climate | No Comments »

Samain                                                                      Bare Aspen Moon My phone camera didn’t do it justice, but Thanksgiving came in over Black Mountain with a gorgeous […]

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Kick the Bums Out

By Charles Posted in Politics, US History | No Comments »

Samain                                                                  Bare Aspen Moon On the #metoo phenomenon kicked off by the now thoroughly besmirched Harvey Weinstein. What has happened, I hope, is […]

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Ruth

By Charles Posted in Family, Holidays, Memories, Shadow Mountain, Third Phase | No Comments »

Samain                                                                        Bare Aspen Moon Conversations with Ruth. Yesterday Kate wasn’t feeling so well in the a.m., nausea that plagues her […]

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The Holiseason Zone

By Charles Posted in Cooking, Family, Great Wheel, Holidays, Our Land and Home, Third Phase | No Comments »

Samain                                                                          Bare Aspen Moon You have entered the holiseason zone. Of course, it’s well underway since it begins now with […]

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Fraternity Man Against Fraternities

By Charles Posted in Memories | No Comments »

Samain                                                                      Bare Aspen Moon A word about fraternities. I was in one. Not of my choosing. Wabash College, where I spent […]

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The Spinning of the Wheel

By Charles Posted in Commentary on Religion, Cooking, Faith and Spirituality, Great Wheel, Holidays, Judaism, Kabbalah, Plants, Reimagine. Reconstruct. Reenchant. | No Comments »

Samain                                                                    Bare Aspen Moon The capon is in the house, 7.8 pounds of frozen, atesticular rooster glory. Kate and I went to […]

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The Raw and The Cooked

By Charles Posted in Art and Culture, Commentary on Religion, Cooking, Faith and Spirituality, Family, Friends, Great Wheel, Holidays, Judaism, Myth and Story, Original Relation, Reimagine. Reconstruct. Reenchant., Science, Shadow Mountain, Third Phase, World History | No Comments »

Samain                                                                           Bare Aspen Moon After a very busy week, a good busy with friends and Hebrew, kabbalah and time […]

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Over the River and Through the Woods. To the meat locker.

By Charles Posted in Cooking, Family, Friends, Holidays, Jefferson County, The West, Weather +Climate | No Comments »

Samain                                                                              Bare Aspen Moon 13 degrees here this morning. About an inch of snow overnight. Thanksgiving, requiring the horse […]

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