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 \u00a0Thanksgiving Moon<\/p>\n
We’re in that pre-holiday time when the air begins to take on a certain quality. \u00a0It’s part hope for a Thanksgiving (this time) that we both recall and imagine, a desire for an ideal time with family, with busyness, with good food and good memories made.<\/p>\n
There are those other times, the times before, when the magazines had turkeys in their ads and the Whitehouse spared a turkey. \u00a0This year it will be a Minnesota turkey. \u00a0The times when we all had to put on our Sunday clothes even though it was Thursday and drive to an Aunt’s or to Grandma’s or to a friends. \u00a0Football and stuffing, a browned turkey and mashed potatoes. \u00a0Too many people around a too small table. \u00a0That drowsy, sleepy feeling, a tryptophan haze. \u00a0The turkey drug.<\/p>\n
Those times mesh with hope, give it a flavor, a scent, a sound, a cast. \u00a0Those are, for me at least, good memories. \u00a0They give the time, this time, a pleasant before hand buzz, a family inflected smile.<\/p>\n
This is holiseason. \u00a0It has these moments one after the other. \u00a0Times when others and the world of commerce and the world of religion and the world of small children all begin to bang into each other, making the world merry. \u00a0Yes, it’s chaotic and capitalistic. No doubt of that. \u00a0But it’s also fun, filled with good songs and lights. \u00a0Gifts and cold weather. \u00a0At least here. \u00a0Not so much in Singapore and Muyhail.<\/p>\n
To all of you headed over the hills and through the woods. \u00a0Have fun. \u00a0Eat too much. \u00a0Laugh a lot. \u00a0Drive safely.<\/p>\n
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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 \u00a0Thanksgiving Moon We’re in that pre-holiday time when the air begins to take on a certain quality. \u00a0It’s part hope for a Thanksgiving (this … Continue reading Holiseason Begins to Put the Pedal Down<\/span>