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Midsummer’s midpoint: looking back, looking ahead

Once again, another big solstice holiday winds down. The whole thing is very predictable – and it should be. This is, after all, a cyclical game we’re playing. The holiday approaches, I get anxious because I feel unprepared, I complain because it feels disruptive, I attempt to embrace the disruption as a necessary function of theContinue reading “Midsummer’s midpoint: looking back, looking ahead”

A Wizard’s Love Song

The truth is, it’s great to be back after my two-week Solstice Break, but I’d be telling a grievous lie if I said I didn’t enjoy it immensely. I disconnected with the news just a little bit – although admittedly that’s an easier proposition during these typically quiet weeks. I read far more than usual. IContinue reading “A Wizard’s Love Song”

Memory Lane as Viewed From On High: Highlights from 2012 Solstice Coverage

Well, we’ve sure done our fair share of reflection in honor of the high holy week, and if you know our wizard, you know there will be more. Nevertheless, we’d best get to celebrating if we’re to have any balance whatsoever in our holiday experience. With that end in mind, I enthusiastically present some abridgedContinue reading “Memory Lane as Viewed From On High: Highlights from 2012 Solstice Coverage”

Tuesday Blessing: Bright Moon, Long Nights

The light of our full moon is bright as it sets this morning. We’ve watched it grow, and now that growth is complete. May we understand those aspects of our own lives that have grown with it. The light of our sun, our blessed life-giver, It is at its lowest this week, and we’ve longContinue reading “Tuesday Blessing: Bright Moon, Long Nights”