Imbolc\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\u00a0 New Moon (Wild)<\/p>\n
With the weather calm, blue skies and no wind, welcoming the Wild Moon seems a bit off point.\u00a0 As February ends, though, and we head into March the character of the Wild Moon will show up.\u00a0 Soon, the push and pull between winter’s resistance and spring’s temperate insistence will create storms as we oscillate back and forth until the sun’s rising angle makes spring inevitable.\u00a0 The next\u00a0 six weeks are a real meteorological festival when our latitudes entertain a host of weather’s finest celebrities:\u00a0 sudden snow fall, driving rain, howling winds, sleet, ice and bursts of warmth.\u00a0 Get ready to be entertained.\u00a0 It will be, well, wild.<\/p>\n
This morning the grocery store was full of shoppers with some aspect of Valentine’s day on their mind.\u00a0 They bought candy, two for one ribeyes and items for their honey’s favorite meal.\u00a0 As I checked out the clerk, a young woman with orange\/red hair asked me if I had special plans for Valentines.\u00a0 Yes, I told her, it’s my birthday and my wife and I will go out to eat.\u00a0 What about you? I asked.\u00a0 Oh, she said, I work until 2:00, then hanging out with friends I guess.\u00a0 It’s a day for people that love each other to show that.\u00a0 She\u00a0 sounded a bit sad.<\/p>\n
When I got back there were boxes inside from the mail, one from Singapore and two from Bonaire, Georgia.\u00a0 One came yesterday from Denver.\u00a0 Fun.<\/p>\n
I’m dickering with Groveland UU to become a field instructor for an intern they want to hire.\u00a0 It’s an old problem for me.\u00a0 They don’t have much money, but the time commitment involves travel as well as an hour plus with the intern, once a week for nine months.\u00a0 A lot of time for me.\u00a0 Yet, mentoring is, I believe, an important part of our role as we get older, so I want to do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Imbolc\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\u00a0 New Moon (Wild) With the weather calm, blue skies and no wind, welcoming the Wild Moon seems a bit off point.\u00a0 As February ends, though, and we head into March the character of the Wild Moon will show up.\u00a0 Soon, the push and pull between winter’s resistance and spring’s temperate insistence will create storms … Continue reading Not Wild. Not Yet.<\/span>