Who Are We?

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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West Colfax and the Wild West

Winter                                       Waxing Moon of the Cold Month Gabe and Ruth asked for us to come over tonight.  We did.  We went with Jon and Jen and Ruth and Gabe to an art teacher’s art show.  It was in the ‘hood, just off west Colfax, the Latino part of that very long street, not too far […]

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What is the Midwest?

Summer                                           Waning Strawberry Moon A focus on America hits me about the time the summer heats up.  Something about the lazy, hazy, crazy days tickle my American gene. ( apologies to Carreen, but it’s the adjective of my youth )  I’ll read a novel or history of the American Revolution, look more deeply into some […]

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Kama’aina of the Heartland

15  bar rises 30.17  2mph WNW windchill9     Waning Crescent of the Snow Moon “People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this, that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it.” – John Jay Chapman I would add to Chapman, it often means a taking a bone […]

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