Beltane\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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Full Planting Moon<\/p>\n
I’ve done some weeding, well, a good bit of weeding, but the heat, now 89 and direct, drove me back inside.\u00a0 At least the dew point is reasonable, but over 80 and I begin to wilt.\u00a0 Three cheers for central air conditioning.\u00a0 Over the years I’ve adapted to the Norwegian lifestyle, that is, living like we were in Norway with no windows or doors.\u00a0 Now it’s important to me.<\/p>\n
That holiday penumbra has fallen over time, a sense that fireworks and hot dogs, or gods on pedestals carried by shouting crowds, or parades with car after car of\u00a0 young women doing the wave or a hushed night filled with candles and quiet might break out at any moment.\u00a0\u00a0 Sacred time comes to us in many guises and its residue, as we grow older, collects on our soul, offering us a taste of eternity each holiday, birthday, anniversary.\u00a0 This residue is one of the unexpected and great joys of aging.\u00a0 I can hear the marching bands passing, the quiet congregation praying, family members talking while decorating the offrenda, the winter winds howling on a solstice night.<\/p>\n
A weekend to remember.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Beltane\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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Full Planting Moon I’ve done some weeding, well, a good bit of weeding, but the heat, now 89 and direct, drove me back inside.\u00a0 At least the dew point is reasonable, but over 80 and I begin to wilt.\u00a0 Three cheers for central air conditioning.\u00a0 Over the years I’ve adapted to the Norwegian lifestyle, … Continue reading The Residue of Sacred Time<\/span>