Spring Planting Moon Hard to believe we move out of spring and into Beltane, the start of the Celtic summer or growing season, this week. We’ve only just got […]
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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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Mid-Summer Waxing Honey Flow Moon So. Attended a political meeting in the morning, came home, took a long nap, got up and put Helmsman varnish on the honey supers, six, then went up and watched some TV after a conversation with Mark and Kate. Today had one weird announcement. This statue of Marilyn Monroe in […]
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Fall Waning Back to School Moon October 5th, 2010 Union Station, Chicago, Room 4, Car 0730 Last night I found a Korean restaurant just off State Street in Lafayette. I ordered the Duk Man Guk, a spicy soup with egg, pot stickers, seasoned beef and sliced rice balls. After a quick glance over to t […]
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Fall Waning Back to School Moon How can city dwellers, big city dwellers, stay in touch with the natural cycles, with the rhythms of the Great Wheel? This was on my mind yesterday as I walked around the loop. There are, of course, the occasional plantings decorating outdoor cafes, the greenery of Grant Park and […]
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Fall Waning Back to School Moon Writing bounces up off city streets, whizzes down from building tops and comes straight from the shoulder of each person on the street. Each person walks by trailing a life time of stories, agony, love, joy, despair, fear, exultation. I can feel them as I wander these streets of […]
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Fall Waning Back to School Moon Room 901, the Silversmith Hotel, Chicago on Jeweler’s Row The sun had just slipped below the horizon as we approached downtown Chicago. Red fire glinted off the window walls of the many new skyscrapers in this, the home of the skyscrapers. As the train slid toward Union Station, I […]
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