Beltane Waxing Last Frost Moon Finally. One chunk of the Metamorphosis finished in a literal (sort 0f) version. That’s Book III:138-250. My learning curve has been steep, sometimes so much so that I thought I might tip over backwards, but I seem to have reached a point where moving forward goes faster now and the […]
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Fulcrum Books
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Posted in Faith and Spirituality, Humanities, Literature , Metamorphosis, Mists of Avalon, romance of the three kingdoms, Steppenwolf, The Divine Comedy, The Glass-Bead Game, The Trial, War and Peace |
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Lughnasa Waning Grandchildren Moon Fulcrum books. An idea I’ve been playing with for the last couple of weeks or so. A fulcrum book (my definition) changed the course of your life, altered a point of view or opened a new world for you. I have several that fit that definition, among them: War and Peace, […]
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Posted in Garden, Humanities, Writing , flowers, Metamorphosis, Ovid, perennials, squash, translation |
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Beltane Waning Planting Moon Almost all of the seeds and transplants have gone in the ground with the exception of succession plantings of beets, lettuce and carrots. I have butternut squash to plant and that will go in today. After this point, the key lies in mulch, weed control, water, plant management (pinching, pruning), continuation […]
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Posted in Art and Culture, Family, Health, Humanities, Letters , Apollo and Daphne, Latin, Metamorphosis, Ovid |
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Beltane Waning Flower Moon A calmer day today. After the bee work I planted bok choy and monkshood, finished raking the potato patch level, dead-headed tulips and daffodils. A productive day. The stuff I protected last night survived the frost well, though some of the coleus got nipped a bit the night before and I […]
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Posted in Art and Culture, Humanities, Letters, Poetry , Buddha, Kara Walker, Latin, Liz Armstrong, Metamorphosis, Ovid |
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Spring Awakening Moon Had our Latin session with Greg at noon today. I asked him if he thought my trying to translate Ovid now would hurt my learning. He said, no, go for it. But. Get a latin text with a commentary and work out your translation to your satisfaction before you compare it to […]
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