Cartography and Snow
Spring … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Latin, Translating Metamorphoses, Weather +Climate, Writing
Tagged Book I, sheepshead
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Too Pooped to Pope!
Imbolc Valentine Moon Cybermage Bill Schmidt held the hot hand tonight … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary on Religion
Tagged Benedict, Papacy, pope, Roman Catholics, sheepshead
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Good Fortuna
Spring Bee Hiving Moon Sheepshead. Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fortune and fate, had her hand … Continue reading
Playing Cards
Winter First Moon of the Winter Solstice Oh. The card gods had it in for me tonight. And about time, too. I got cards … Continue reading
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Fall Full Autumn Moon Off to the city of Andover to get stakes marked with orange fluorescent paint. Why? We exurbers put these to mark the edges of our lawn so the city snowplows plow the street and not our … Continue reading
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Tagged Armstrong Kennels, cruise, Halloween, lanai cabin, sheepshead, snow stakes
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Sheepshead
Samhain Waxing Thanksgiving Moon The card gods were pretty good to me. I had some good hands, some good luck and a lot of fun tonight at sheepshead. We had a great evening with a lot of laughter. It’s nice … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Bees, Family, Friends, Retirement
Tagged Kate, sheepshead, wisdom teeth
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Harvest Moon, For Me and My Gal
Fall Full Harvest Moon What a great moon in the southern sky. As I drove back from St. Paul, after sheepshead, the night had grown chill. On the way in the full harvest moon hung high in the east behind … Continue reading
Kids, Chinese Heritage and Sheepshead + Buddhism
Lughnasa Waxing Artemis Moon Whew. Into the MIA for tours with kiddies from the Peace Games at the park across from the Museum. I had two groups, one a group of girls mostly who were sensitive, responsive and imaginative. A … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Asia, Commentary on Religion, Faith and Spirituality, Friends, Humanities
Tagged Buddhism, Chinese, kids, sheepshead
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From Bee Hives to Art Galleries
Summer Waning Strawberry Moon Today I’m back to the world of art. The bees will work on now until next week without me. Probably what they prefer. A tour today on my new tour day, Thursday. I have a group … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Bees
Tagged Counter-Reformation, Honthorst, Ming, Murillo, Reformation, sheepshead
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Sheepshead
Beltane Full Planting Moon Sheepshead tonight. We get in lots of jokes and laughing during the game. The best story came from Dick Rice, who says he got it from a relative of Flannery O’Connor. He told it in response … Continue reading