Fall Waxing Harvest Moon First communication back from Mark in Saudi Arabia. He says he hasn’t set up his computer yet and that the school seems to have a good connection. He mentions the school is in Ha’il*. Guess that’s where he is now. So far that’s all I know. Met with the Woolly’s last […]
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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 Waning Last Frost Moon Weeding, thinning in the vegetable beds. A soothing practice, sprucing up the rows of beets, carrots, spinach and taking young weeds out now, before they get big. When I first went outside this morning, in a sweatshirt, I had to go back inside and put on a light jacket. A […]
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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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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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Spring Waxing Bee Hiving Moon On the way back from the Red Stag, the Woolly Monday night meeting, the moon hung in the western sky, a thin crescent, a slice, almost too faint to see, a shy moon against a dark blue backdrop. Warren and Mark were there tonight. We had a couple of laughs […]
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