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\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 Waxing Moon of the Winter Solstice<\/p>\n
After a meal and some awards, members of the Northstar Chapter of the Sierra Club gathered around a bonfire under a clear sky lit by the almost full Winter Solstice Moon.\u00a0 A poem was read; there were some reflections on Christmas in Santa Fe and the wonder of fire, then the annual solstice event began to break up with couples walking the quarter mile down a moonlit path to the parking lot.<\/p>\n
The potluck meal, served before hand, represented the various subcultures within the club.\u00a0 Vegetarians, vegans and carnivores all had dishes.\u00a0 My favorites were the creamed corn, the summer sausage and a vegan vegetable and bean soup I made earlier in the day.<\/p>\n
Dodge Nature Center is in West St. Paul, one of those spots south and east in the metro area, below St. Paul.\u00a0 We live north and a bit west of downtown Minneapolis so we drove across most of the metro area to get there.<\/p>\n
It was nice to have Kate along and I hope we can begin to do things like this more and more once she retires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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