Mid-Summer Full Honey Flow Moon Talking with Mark today it occurred to me, for the first time, that part of what was going on with him, maybe a lot of it, involved repatriation. So, I looked it up on google. … Continue reading
Winter Waning Moon of the Winter Solstice Other blogs seem to have a slant, a bias, a thing. I suppose I do too in a general way, the idea of ancientrails, the Great Wheel, the garden, a po-mo pagan sensibility, … Continue reading
Beltane Waning Planting Moon Each morning I get up, let the dogs out, open the garage door, wander down the driveway, pick up the newspaper, open it and read the front page on the way back, make breakfast, read and … Continue reading
Spring Awakening Moon An outside day today. Planting onions, garden planning and repair. I’m itchy to get back to learning more Latin and translating the Metamorphoses, but the rhythm of nature waits for no one. Writing is always an exercise … Continue reading
Lughnasa New Moon Every once in a while the internet jumps out and bites me. I lost a potential job because I talked about the process on my blog and the congregation thought I had violated their privacy. Last year … Continue reading
Summer Sliver of the Waning Summer Moon Who is a.t.? a.t. is a personification of Ancient Trails. Using these initials allows me to write about myself in the third person. I’m trying it out, seeing how it feels. Part of … Continue reading
66 bar steady 29.79 3mph NNW dew-point 63 Summer night, rainy day Full Thunder Moon We had rain and storm, tornado warning and tornado watch. A full thunder moon day. The rain poured down, drenching the lily blooms, forming small … Continue reading
51 bar steady 29.68 2mph SSE dewpoint 36 Spring New Moon (Growing) Don’t know whether you caught the article in this morning’s paper about bloggers. It seems bloggers are the new cottage industry, working at home at piece rate, … Continue reading
18 89% 28% 0mph NNE bar 30.12 steady windchill17 Imbolc Waning Crescent of the Winter Moon Opened up my e-mail program today and had 29 messages. A big morning for me is 5 or 6. What the hell? Another … Continue reading