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Geese honking, flying in some direction, no longer always south. \u00a0Trucks with rickety wooden sides piled high with split oak come into the cities to sell firewood door to door. \u00a0Golf carts head south on flat bed trucks. \u00a0Irrigation company trucks haul air compressors behind them to blow out irrigation systems. \u00a0Bee colonies board trucks headed for California, Texas, Florida where crops can be pollinated over our winter. \u00a0Signs for various aspects of deer processing go up. \u00a0County Market near us has been advertising sausage mixes and consultation with experts.<\/p>\n
Soon the early Christmas trees attached to the tops of cars will appear on Round Lake Boulevard, cut at the cut your own place north of us. \u00a0The skies have already turned gray, the wind chill. \u00a0Snow comes first in this month, too.<\/p>\n
All Hallow’s today. \u00a0In one interesting variation on this theme I found that in some traditions this is the day the souls of those who died in the last year are judged. \u00a0Cheery thought, eh?<\/p>\n
We have entered, according to my sacred calendar, holiseason. \u00a0It stretches from Samhain to Epiphany and includes Samhain, All Souls, D\u00eda de los Muertos<\/em>\u00a0 Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s and Epiphany but also Hanukkah, Posada, Deepavali (Diwali), Advent, Boxing Day, the Mayan 5 useless days at the end of the year and my favorite, my low holy day, the Winter Solstice.<\/p>\n So light those candles, dig out the decorations, crank up the holiday music and let’s party like it’s Holiseason 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Samhain \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Fallowturn Moon Geese honking, flying in some direction, no longer always south. \u00a0Trucks with rickety wooden sides piled high with … Continue reading Ring a Ding, Hear Them Sing, Holiseason Is Here!<\/span>