Lughnasa Waning Harvest Moon Just back from the grocery store. Kate went along, a nice treat. On so many levels the grocery store speaks to privilege. We have food, fresh food, all year round. Kate and I can buy food all year round. The U.S. has fields of grain, feeder lots with cattle and pigs, […]
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Beltane Waning Flower Moon Business meeting. Over to a flooring store to schedule the replacement of carpet in the small bedroom that will become Kate’s long-arm quilting room. Lunch at Chili’s where the music was so loud I could barely hear myself think, literally. When my one ear gets crammed full of noise, I find […]
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Winter Waning Moon of Long Nights As Bilbo said, I have been there and back again. Up here in the land of the midnight hobbit it remains cold, -7 now at noon. On days when the high is below zero you know for sure you live in a cold part of the world. I can […]
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Shopping
Imbolc Waning Wild Moon Watched The Hurt Locker. It comes to mind this morning because Saturday is grocery shopping here at chez Ellis/Olson. After spending a full rotation in Iraq as a fearless and emotionally committed bomb tech, the lead character rotates back to the mainland. The scene that takes us back to the states […]
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