BlueHeronDruid wrote: 

 Alexandra wrote:  that's the plan...i saved the rest of the soup, and will make the scones for him...a visit from owl....and deer.....5 is a significant number, too....very cool....

 triskele wrote: 
Awww. Maybe you can have a Solstice II when D returns home again.

Oh, and I forgot to mention that an owl graced us with its presence at our ceremony, and a family of 5 deer.


EDIT: LOVELY poem, BHD. Thank you!

My bones tell me spring
is out there, pensive, hidden.
It’s a knowing that cannot
be explained. The deer are
mindful of this fact even
in November. Of course
I understand the seasons,
and the calendar gives clues
but that’s not the spring
I’m thinking about – this
cycle, the turning, something
deep within speaks of life
and miracles. Maybe broken
hearts are better receptors,
or my fatigue draws the
curtains open to that light,
but how else can the
perfection of tall white oak
begin with nothing more
than what fell, heedless,
and gathered by squirrels,
stashed, forgotten, put down
roots in the cold earth
and reach toward what
it does not know? I ask you
this: how? I am so tired
in what should be my time
of rest, and still I know
that spring is out there,
that roots will plunge,
fawns will emerge,
and step into the light
with gratitude for all
that is made, and for
whatever mysteries await.

 

 

bhd

1/9/04

We bought bottles of Reisling shaped
like kittehcats
watched (and listened to) Dave Grohl howl
and laughed
and laughed

:)
Happy Solstice!

"on solstice night
the winter comes
stalking through the antlered trees,
riding on the frozen wind.
with hoof and horn
this longest night brings round
the ancient, endless joust—
light and dark contest for power,
and light,
this night,
shall triumph...."

—anonymous

 triskele wrote: 
' the return of the all - conquering sun '

I'm waiting to celebrate the vernal equinox.

 Alexandra wrote: 
good...we had planned a special meal, and a ritual...but oh well.  i made the special meal by myself, and ate while i wept.....but it was good.

 triskele wrote: 
Hooray!

My sister and I took a Winter Solstice hike by the river, and had a ceremony with a candle and intentions and everything. It was dark before we got back to our car, but the lightly-snowy path lit our way.
Very, very auspicious day.

light is returning!