Samain Moon of the Winter Solstice First time at the Marsh, out on Minnetonka Blvd. The Western burbs version of a California health spa. In a small room off the dining area for their food service was a sign: Woolly Mammoths, 6:00 […]
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Lughnasa Waning Harvest Moon Woolly Mammoths on reading. We had a meeting focused on current books, readings underway or accomplished during the summer. Guys brought out books recounting the Battle of Little Big Horn hour by hour, the agony of the war in Vietnam, a Chinese classic with the attendant multiple volumes, the built in […]
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Lughnasa Waxing Honey Extraction Moon “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu Five men came together tonight at the Black Forest. Brothers. Men who have stood shoulder to shoulder for over twenty years, through marriage and divorce, through conflict and calm. We sat outside, […]
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Beltane Waning Garlic Moon Two meetings today. The guides group met today to focus on continuing education. A lot of very good ideas were thrown out and compiled. Over the next week or so I’ll organize them and put together a mailing to go to our list, asking for more input. After that, we will […]
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Beltane Full Last Frost Moon The meeting last night. The note written late last night did not do this meeting justice. The guest, Jay, told stories of his father, a Metropolitan Life Insurance Executive who hated his job, kept a print of racing sailboats gunnels in the water as they rounded a turn across […]
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Beltane New Last Frost Moon There are times and this is one of them, when death seems behind every door. My friend Bill has learned that his wife’s cancer is stage 4. A grave diagnosis with a grave prognosis. American’s exult in the streets over the death of Osama Bin Laden. A friend sent out […]
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Spring Full Bee Hiving Moon Men. Emotions surprise us, batter us into consciousness, wake us up. Hello, grasshopper, you are about to be A GRANDFATHER. Huh? How did that happen? Of course, you know exactly how it happened, but it still reaches inside and turns on the amazement switch. Some old man, dimly known, shambles […]
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Imbolc Waning Bridgit Moon Sheepshead tonight. I took in honey for Ed, Dick, Roy and Bill plus honeycake that Kate made from our honey. Artemis Hives honors the ancient Greek Goddess of the hunt who also had honeybees within her domain. Worshippers took to her altar honeycake as an offering. My original idea was to […]
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Spring Waxing Flower Moon The Woollies met last night at Stratford Wood where Bill and Regina live. The topic of the evening was friendship, requiring time one said, trust another, play yet another. We evoked our history as a group of men who have given each other time, trust and vulnerability. We talked about the […]
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Summer Waxing Summer Moon Tomorrow we get the full on Summer Moon. We’ll have a warm, but not hot night with a brilliant satellite. No good for astronomy, but great for moon viewing, a favorite activity among the Japanese. Woolly’s met tonight at the Black Forest. Mark, Stefan, Bill, Tom, Frank and myself showed up. […]
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