The Ebbing of the Year, the Turning of the Tide
May your voyage be long, full of adventure, with many harbors seen for the first time. Ithaka by Constantine P. Cavafy (1911) As you set out for Ithaka hope the voyage is a long one, full of...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday for 9/11: Do Not Lose Heart, We Were Made for These Times
Holding stillness, and remembering who we really are, and why we are here. "Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times." - Clarissa Pinkola Estés Continue Reading
View ArticleTonight We Unite By Candlelight
Our Advent Countdown now unites For Christmas and Yule, linked prayers of Light. Depending on your point of view Tonight we light candles one and two. Tonight, in the threshold moments of dusk...
View ArticleThe Birth Draws Near, Its Light We See: We Now Ignite Candle Three
Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark. Rabindranath Tagore Tonight, Dec. 8, is the third night of our global Solstice Sun-Wheel Prayer Circle, if you are...
View ArticleThe Candle for the Last Sun Day before Solstice
For the beauty of the Earth, For the glory of the skies, For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies. Refrain: Holy One(s), to you we raise This, our hymn of grateful praise. Today is...
View ArticleDim the Lights and Welcome the Instructive Embrace of Mother Night
Dark shepherdess of many a golden star, Dost see me, Mother Night? From The Electra by Euripides As I have done for many years, I am encoring my annual observance of Winter Solstice Eve. May this holy...
View ArticleReady Or Not, We Turn the Page: On This Year and On the Age
A collection of tidbits from my posts in years past, with heartfelt thanks in memory of our beloved Waverly FitzGerald, who was the source for much of this lore. Blessings to you always, Waverly, for...
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