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Full Thunder Moon<\/p>\n
Five of us sit down every 4 to 5 weeks or so and play sheepshead.\u00a0 This is a game, as I’ve said before, peculiar to eastern Wisconsin and there among the German community where it is also known as schotskopf.\u00a0 Sheepshead is the thin glue that gives us an excuse to sit together, laugh and be amused at the spectacle of ourselves.<\/p>\n
As I grow older, it is these close gatherings of friends that provide the social cohesion I need.\u00a0 My needs may be less than most, but they are not non-existent.\u00a0 These men, all save me variously Catholic, from not anymore to still engaged in the work, have wry, knowing attitudes toward life, attentive to the ridiculous and the tender.\u00a0 I am more when I return than when I left.<\/p>\n
And something to be said for the moon.\u00a0 A perfect circle, silvered white and suspended in the sky with stars and planets gathered round.\u00a0 On the nights of the full moon the dark opens its arms to secret pacts, whispered love and the breath of Diana, huntress and defender of the forest.<\/p>\n
Take a moment and step outside, stand under the Full Thunder Moon and let it shine on you.\u00a0 Imagine your soul traveling on a lambent beam to the moon and back, gazing down toward the spinning blue globe as you come home.\u00a0 This dance of the planets and their satellites around the greater gravity of Sol creates and destroys.\u00a0 Shiva Nataraja.<\/p>\n
Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
69\u00a0 bar rises 29.85\u00a0 0mph NE dew-point 68\u00a0 Summer night with a full moon, steamy beautiful Full Thunder Moon Five of us sit down every 4 to 5 weeks or so and play sheepshead.\u00a0 This is a game, as I’ve said before, peculiar to eastern Wisconsin and there among the German community where it is … Continue reading Imagine Your Soul Traveling on a Lambent Beam<\/span>