Beltane Waning Flower Moon The old Celtic calendar divided the year into two seasons, Summer and Winter. Summer began on Beltane, May 1st, and ended at Samhain, Summer’s End, at October 31st. Summer is the growing season, the time when a subsistence farming economy like that of the Celts in Britain and Ireland raised food […]
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Spring Full Flower Moon Death comes calling whenever it wants, not worrying about the season or the weather or the inclinations of the living. Kate’s colleague, Dick, suffering from multiple myeloma has gone on hospice care after two years of often brutal treatment regimens. Bill Schmidt’s brother, who has prostate cancer, also chose hospice care […]
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