Beltane Full Planting Moon
I’ve done some weeding, well, a good bit of weeding, but the heat, now 89 and direct, drove me back inside. At least the dew point is reasonable, but over 80 and I begin to wilt. Three cheers for central air conditioning. Over the years I’ve adapted to the Norwegian lifestyle, that is, living like we were in Norway with no windows or doors. Now it’s important to me.
That holiday penumbra has fallen over time, a sense that fireworks and hot dogs, or gods on pedestals carried by shouting crowds, or parades with car after car of young women doing the wave or a hushed night filled with candles and quiet might break out at any moment. Sacred time comes to us in many guises and its residue, as we grow older, collects on our soul, offering us a taste of eternity each holiday, birthday, anniversary. This residue is one of the unexpected and great joys of aging. I can hear the marching bands passing, the quiet congregation praying, family members talking while decorating the offrenda, the winter winds howling on a solstice night.
A weekend to remember.
