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The Devil’s Weather
Imbolc Cold Moon It is these … Continue reading
A Year of No Winter, Now With No Spring?
Imbolc Woodpecker Moon OK. So, there was this place that used to have winter but had it replaced by a … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climate change deniers, Garden, spring, winter
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While The Cyber River Closed
Samhain New Winter Solstice Moon Midnight 12/6/10 Writing this on Word since I’ve had no internet connection for a few hours. My limited number of tricks have not produced a link and I don’t have the patience for navigating so-called … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Great Wheel, Holidays, Humanities
Tagged Kate, Latin, Ruth, winter
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Summer. It’s About Time.
Summer Solstice Waxing Strawberry Moon The longest day of the year. Light triumphant, streaming, steaming. The darkness held at bay. Summer Solstice This is an astronomical phenomenon transformed and translated into a spiritual one. We humans have over millennia … Continue reading
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Tagged cyclical, linear, solstice, Summer, time, winter
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The Sun! The Sun!
Imbolc Waning Wild Moon On these days I often think of Fantasy Island, when Tatto would say, The plane! The plane! I want to run outside in the street and yell, The sun! The sun! After a long run of … Continue reading
As It Is, So Shall It Be
Imbolc Waning Cold Moon We have hoarfrost on fences, tree limbs, shed roofs. I looked out yesterday afternoon and it fell to the ground like snow from two big cottonwoods. Shrubs appear limned in light as the morning sun refracts … Continue reading
Like A Snowball Rolling Down Hill
Fall Waning Blood Moon The change of seasons has picked up some momentum in the past couple of days with two hard freezes in a row, then snow last night. We’re not in late fall yet, that won’t come until … Continue reading
Rigel Redux
Fall Waxing Blood Moon After reviewing the stats for ancientrails, I learned something old. During the time when Rigel and her sidekick Vega staged their break-outs readership went up. My assumption is that conflict drove the rise. Can man outsmart … Continue reading
The Heart of Winter
7 falls 30.13 W0 wchill 7 Winter Full Wolf Moon The Full Wolf Moon hangs high in the sky, hidden behind cloud cover. It casts a ring of ice crystals, giving it a gem in a circular setting look. The … Continue reading