Fall Waning Autumn Moon Went out in a cool fall afternoon, cut open bags of composted manure, spread them with a cultivator, working it into the soil. Poured leaves from our trees over the top. An investment in next year’s garden, the last act of the gardening year. The ash tree in the garden has […]
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70 bar falls 29.98 0mph S dew-point 58 sunrise 6:57 set 7:17 Waning Gibbous Harvest Moon rise 8:32 set 11:01 On Thursday nights I watch Supernatural on the CW. My lifelong fascination with gothic tales, especially ones involving demons makes this irresistible to me, even more so than Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which I also […]
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73 bar steady 30.18 1mph N dew-point 47 sunrise 6:54 set 7:19 Lughnasa Waning Gibbous Harvest Moon rise 8:02 set 9:41 Got this one down without hitting the house, the fence or the glass table on the deck. My merit badge is secure. This work prepares the area for the orchard and fruit bushes. Lindsay […]
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74 bar steady 29.89 4mph NNE dew-point 64 Summer, warmish and stickyish Full Thunder Moon Ah, the power of suggestion. Especially from a spouse. Spent an hour and a half clearing burdock, nettles, black locust, burrs, climbing wild cucumbers and virginia creeper from the site of the soon to be firepit cum family gathering spot. […]
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57 bar steep fall 29.94 7mph ENE dew-point 52 Beltane, cloudy and cool Last Quarter of the Hare Moon Can this possibly mean what it says? “While cities are hot spots for global warming, study finds people in them emit fewer gases.” Washington Post, 5/29/2008 In this same vein I watched part of a […]
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71 bar steady 30.00 1mph SSW dewoint 35 Beltane Waxing Gibbous Hare Moon A morning at the Rum River Tree Farm. Kate and I went wandering among the trees up for adoption. We looked at fruit trees for our orchard apple, plum, pear and cherry. We also looked at some willows, Niobe for example, with […]
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65 bar falls 29.94 0mph S dewpoint 30 Beltane New Moon (Hare Moon) The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demands for its sustenance and extends generously the products of its life and activity; it affords protection to all beings. (Buddhist Sutra) Though this comes from a […]
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33 bar steep rise 30.06 5mph N dewpoint 22 Spring Waning Gibbous Moon of Growing The workshop I attended today had two co-sponsors, The Institute for Advanced Studies (UofM) and the Arboretum(UofM). This was the culminating workshop in a two-year long effort by the Institute for Advanced Studies to explore time from many perspectives. […]
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53 bar falls 30.03 omph W dewpoint 32 Spring Waning Crescent Moon of Winds Over to IHOP for some of that down home country fried food. Always a treat. Kate and I did our business meeting, deposited several thousand dollars in Wells Fargo and came back home. Lois was here. She commented on the […]
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