February

Imbolc                                                                   Valentine Moon

February has come down to this, 2 days.  This short month, even at its most expansive still the shortest, ends on the 28th.  Then March.  The spring equinox, another magnet for the human urge to celebrate astronomical events, coming up.

We still have some weeks of winter yet, maybe as many as 4, since we have a deep snow cover, though not as deep as many years.  The deeper the snow cover, the more muted the temperature changes even though the sun climbs higher and higher in the sky as we put a lot of space between us and the orbital moment of the winter solstice.

I’m glad the change will come slowly since I’m still in winter mode, not ready yet to shed the coats and the cozy feeling of the cave.  That will come.

Today I’m happy to have snow outside the window, cool air and a long poem to translate.