Beltane \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0New Garlic Moon<\/p>\n
Whew. \u00a0Over to Riverfalls (east into Wisconsin, about an hour) for Warren’s father’s funeral. \u00a0Then, in rush hour, out to St. Louis Park for the Woolly meeting this month at the Woodfire Grill. (west of the Cities) \u00a0So much driving.<\/p>\n
Funerals. \u00a0The wedding equivalent of our age range. \u00a0We meet friends there, catch up, honor the family and the final journey. \u00a0Then we go home, secretly glad we were attending another funeral, not being featured.<\/p>\n
Though. \u00a0We agreed tonight, Mark, Scott, Bill, Frank and myself, that what we learn from Moon’s recent death, Warren’s father and mother, Sheryl’s father and mother, Bill and Regina’s confrontation with cancer, is how to die. \u00a0It is the end of this phase of life as surely as a degree ended the first phase, career and family the second.<\/p>\n
It is this that changed at our retreat two weeks ago. \u00a0We acknowledge and are ready to learn how to die. \u00a0And how to live until we do. \u00a0It is a joy and a true blessing to have men ready to walk down this ancientrail together. \u00a0And to be one of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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