Lughnasa New Harvest Moon Tai Chi. We have now officially learned the first third of the short form. 6 months. Wonder how long the long form would take? We went through the first third three times tonight, an amount of time equivalent to the whole short form. We ended with a toe (turned all the […]
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Lughnasa Waning Honey Extraction Moon I have grasped the swallow’s tail, offered a shoulder strike, wielded a single whip, pushed and pulled, brushed the leg, deflected, parried and thrust. All moves in Tai Chi. I have made real progress over the last 20 weeks, nearing the real end of the first third of the form. […]
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Lughnasa Full Honey Extraction Moon The moon. Tonight. A darkening sky, blue behind the openings in the clouds and peeking out from behind a modest veil, a full Honey Extraction Moon, its color a silvered gold, honey-like and mysterious. I love the surprise of a beautiful moon in the sky, looking out on a familiar […]
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Lughnasa Waxing Honey Extraction Moon The end of the day. The time when the season turns on a pivot toward fall and away from the Solstice. My mood has shifted to melancholic. Not sure why. Maybe the end of the day, the time of year. It is around this time in the year when I […]
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Ancientrails in exile (I crashed my own website. Geez. Wrote this while it was down. Thanks againn to Bill S. who undid whatever I did.) August 7th, 2011 5:05pm Lughnasa Waxing Honey Extraction Moon Got a passport photo for my Brazilian visa. Looks like a booking photo. You can’t smile during these sessions. Why? Facial […]
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Lughnasa Waxing Honey Extraction Moon Woke up this first day of Lughnasa to Knickerbockers playing 9 pins and throwing strike after strike after strike. A nap on a thundery summer day has a luxurious feel, velvet, cushy. Gertie spent the nap at the foot of our bed. Both she and Rigel have mild ceraunophobia, shrinking […]
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Mid-Summer New Honey Extraction Moon Tai chi. Finally, I made some progress. Slow, but sure. Be patient with yourself they told us at the first meeting. I’m glad they said that. I’ve needed it and still get upset, want to quit, but keep coming back. This is a commitment to a new way of being […]
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Mid-Summer Waning Honey Flow Moon Out to the bees in just a few minutes to slap on two more honey supers each, the six I finished varnishing yesterday while Mark put foundations in the frames. This will find six honey supers on colonies 2 & 3, while colony 1, the parent colony for next year’s […]
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Mid-Summer Full Honey Flow Moon More fun with the alarm system. Back and forth with ADT. On the phone, pushing buttons. Still the chirping. Service call. Business meeting. Scheduling a Denver trip for sometime in September. Looking at buying some more mulch for the vegetable garden. Practice tai-chi. Sand and varnish for coat number three […]
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Mid-Summer Waxing Honey Flow Moon In to see Kate this morning after making some soup and killing potato pests by hand and soapy water. Integrated pest management suggests hands-on management for small crops. It’s actually pretty straight-forward to keep pests in check if you inspect regularly. Like the plastic bags for the apples. The concept […]
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