85\u00a0 bar steep fall 29.89\u00a0 0mph WNW dew-point 68\u00a0 Summer, warm and sunny<\/p>\n
Waxing Gibbous Thunder Moon<\/p>\n
We long ago passed the midpoint of summer, June 21, and have begun the fattening, browning, bursting journey to the harvest season.\u00a0 It begins in earnest as July ends, but some early givers have offered themselves already:\u00a0 lettuce, beans, beets, carrots, onions and garlic.\u00a0 We all, at least all of us up north of 45 degrees latitude, await squash, cucumbers, corn, watermelon and the full seasonal abundance of beans and peas and tomatoes.<\/p>\n
Even the angle of the sun reached its apogee at the Summer Solstice and has begun steadily declining since then, shortening the day and lengthening the night.\u00a0 The deepening shadows of afternoon tell the tale, too, as does the now far gone blooming of the daffodils, tulips and scylla.<\/p>\n
This partly benighted soul finds a comfort in the change, preferring the winter to the summer solstice, the sweet melancholy of fall to the bursting forth of spring.\u00a0 When the wind direction swings to the north, and the winds begin to howl, then the weather begins to stir the deep reaches.\u00a0 The inner cathedral gains in holiness as the need for candles increases.\u00a0 Walking those corridors, those ancient trails of the interior journey, demand a commensurate gloom, or, at least, welcome it.<\/p>\n
Until then, Persephone above ground keeps us focused on food and external pleasures.\u00a0 We soak in the sun,\u00a0 till the earth, travel the highways and airways.\u00a0 This is, too, a time of burnt sacrifice, smoked hecatombs appearing on decks and patios across the land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
85\u00a0 bar steep fall 29.89\u00a0 0mph WNW dew-point 68\u00a0 Summer, warm and sunny Waxing Gibbous Thunder Moon We long ago passed the midpoint of summer, June 21, and have begun the fattening, browning, bursting journey to the harvest season.\u00a0 It begins in earnest as July ends, but some early givers have offered themselves already:\u00a0 lettuce, … Continue reading A Time of Burnt Sacrifice<\/span>