Samain                                                                                    Bare Aspen Moon

I do not know what these shadows ask of you, what they might hold that means you good or ill. It is not for me to reckon whether you should linger or you should leave.

But this is what I can ask for you:

That in the darkness there be a blessing.

That in the shadows there be a welcome.

That in the night you be encompassed

by the Love that knows your name.

-Jan Richardson from Advent 1: A Blessing for Traveling in the Dark