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  • Contemplation and Preparation

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    Mother Nature has delivered us a lovely snowy day, after a few weeks of winter without any of the white stuff. ElvenTiger is happy and excited – her 13th birthday is Saturday, and she wanted to have snow on the ground by then. I’m glad that our out-and-about plans for today were canceled, and I…

  • Keep Letting in the Light

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    This is the darkest time of year for those of us in the northern hemisphere, with the longest nights and shortest days. The sun is at its lowest point. This month, it’s also the dark of the moon. The solar and lunar energies are at an ebb. Your energy level may mirror this, reflecting what’s…

  • Brown Thumb Guilt

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    Confession time: I don’t really like gardening. I love the idea of gardening. I enjoy being outside. I don’t mind bugs and worms that much. I compost. I love how the plants look and smell. I adore vegetables – I’m very happy being a vegetarian, and I love trying new veggies. I love to cook…

  • Sunny Autumn Sunday

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    I spent most of the day sitting at a soccer tournament, watching ElvenTiger’s team play (or waiting for them to start playing). Unlike the usual things we find ourselves doing during the October tournament, like snuggling in sweatshirts and blankets, and consuming large quantities of hot chocolate, today we were all in shorts and t-shirts.…

  • Visited by Deer

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    I’ve been gifted with a visit from deer lately. On my birthday, returning home from a celebration at my parents’ house, I saw a gorgeous big buck, traveling across the road in front of us, from left to right. He was in no real hurry, and we got to see him quite well. In the…

  • Mermaid Goes Wandering

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    I’ve found myself wandering, as Rob Brezsny tells me, in exile this past few weeks. Not a permanent exile, but definitely a place outside the comfort zone. When I’m feeling positive about it, I think of it as the wilds of the imagination. Wandering in exile tends to conjure a mental picture of an emaciated…

  • Summer Arrives With a Fanfare of Clouds and Sunshine

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    Every Winter Solstice, for many years now, I stay up all night and greet the Sun at dawn. This has become a tradition for us on the longest night of the year. This year, BlackLion and I decided to stay awake all day on the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year. I’m a…

  • Home Sweet Home

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    My Dad has a saying, “When you can’t pee in your front yard anymore, it’s time to move.” He and Mom have lived in the woods on a dirt road for years. Well, this morning I came up with the female equivalent of his saying – because I (and the women I know) have no…

  • Happy Sunny Friday

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    It’s a lovely sunny day here in Maine. Not that warm, but breezy and sunny enough to get the clothes on the clothesline dry and smelling fresh. Today Dryst went to work with his Dad doing landscaping; they were both eager to spend the day outdoors. ElvenTiger, BlackLion and I, along with Star dog, went…

  • The Elements, Part 3: Fire

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    The element of Fire lights the darkness of our outer and inner landscapes. It is in the faraway light of the stars, the life-giving warmth of our Sun, the Moon’s mystical reflection, the sudden flash of lightning, the friction of flint on steel, and the spark of passion in the belly. Fire’s direction is South…