Imbolc Valentine Moon “I really fell in love with that part of the world,” says Cynthia Hopkins of the Arctic, where she journeyed […]
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Winter New Moon of the Cold Month My brother, Mark, is a traveler, a wanderer, a planet. He can’t sit still, a powerful urge to move comes over him, an urge with plenty of family reinforcement. Dad took to the road all the time, as often as he could, as long as he could, even […]
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Lughnasa Waning Grandchildren Moon Katie slipped her hands around my arm and stroked. Then stopped and put some pressure on. Then stroked some more. Katie was my birthday present from a thoughtful wife. She learned her trade from Sister Rosalind and the Sister’s school for massage. I’m feeling knot and kink free. Massage clears out […]
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Beltane Waxing Planting Moon From my brother, Mark Ellis. He was there: Dear Charlie, I mailed you a letter today from my neighborhood post office. That sounds very banal. However, it represents the end of the long siege of Bangkok. The Post Office, although it was only about 200 yards from my soi, was in […]
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Imbolc New Moon (Awakening) N.B. Kate pointed that this is the anniversary of Caesar’s assassination, not St. Pat’s feast day and she’s right. Except for the Woolly Mammoths who always gather on the third Monday closest to St. Patricks at Frank Broderick’s house for corned beef and cabbage, some good soda bread and a few […]
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More on the situation in Bangkok: from the Scotsman for December 1st, 2008 Published Date: 01 December 2008 By CLAIRE GARDNER IT WAS supposed to be a relaxing sunshine holiday in Thailand after a punishing schedule following his record three gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. But Scots cycling champion Chris Hoy found himself caught […]
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37 bar falls 29.69 0mph NW windchill 36 Samhain New Moon (Moon of Long Nights) As many of you know, my brother Mark lives in Bangkok. Thailand is almost invisible in the American press, so you may not have noticed the protests that have been going on there since early in the year. The politics, […]
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