Imbolc Garden Planning Moon Hey, how about that Santorum? Way to mix it up. The longer the Republicans savage each other and the longer the nomination drags out without a clear victor the better. If the economy […]
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Winter First Moon of the New Year Gingrich wins. Romney won. Santorum won. The longer and more divisive the Republican primary season, the better. Let them shred each other. It could give Obama a chance he may […]
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Samain Moon of the Winter Solstice Republican presidential candidates. Gingrich writes alternative history fiction, some of which I understand is very good. As long he sticks to fiction, I’ll pay attention; when he blurs the line, taking the fictional world of alternative […]
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Mid-Summer Waxing Honey Flow Moon Apres deluge. Drove into St. Paul this morning, a long chunk of the ride behind a pick-up with Louisiana plates. Felt like the bayou during the tail end of a hurricane. Driving in Minnesota seems to perplex our citizens when there is a significant amount of precipitation. Makes the whole […]
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Mid-Summer Waxing Honey Flow Moon “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” – Cicero Not sure where this is headed with gadgets like the Kindle, but Cicero and I have something in common. In fact, this room in which I write has a lot of soul. Piles of it. Shelves of […]
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Samhain Waxing Thanksgiving Moon A meeting with lobbyists and politically minded folks this morning, trying to suss out the impact of the Republican wins in the elections. The energy in the room was good, nothing energizes political folks like a solid enemy. I did not get a ticket this time. My patience was at guru […]
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Samhain Waning Harvest Moon First the Vikings, now the Democrats. Geez. As I said a while back, the political scene, long a part of my life, a passionate part, has begun to recede for me. I see this by-election as a cyclical matter, not a rejection of Obama and progressive ideas, but a cry of […]
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62 bar steady 29.88 2mph WSW dew-point 54 sunrise 6:40 set 7:42 Waxing Crescent of the Harvest Moon rise 1:14 9:58 And they packed up their bags, had one more martini for the road and dispersed to the south, east and west. The elephants have left the state. From way out here in Andover […]
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56 bar steady 20.00 ompn NE dew-point 44 sunrise 6:28 sunset 8:02 Lughnasa Waning Crescent of the Corn Moon The Democratic convention. Ironically for our family, in Denver where our clan has strong roots. The Republican convention. Equally ironical, here in St. Paul. Here’s an, oh my god I’m an old guy thought, but conventions […]
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Poison Fruit
Spring Waxing Awakening Moon Spring has sprung, then it sprang back. 23 today. Not prime gardening weather yet. The conservative embrace of right wing populists has begun to bear poisoned fruit again. They referred to Obama and African-American congressmen as niggers, Barney Frank as a faggot and phoned in death threat to several members of […]
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