Category Archives: Wandering Thoughts

Getting Light and Letting Go: An update

May 14, 2016 What an adventure this is! Or possibly a cautionary tale. Sometimes it feels like it’s headed in that direction. Then I remember what my old mentor would have said: “You know that feeling you get when you … Continue reading

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Getting Light and Letting Go: A New Adventure

April 16, 2016 This morning, instead of the usual geese flying over our valley there was a hawk sailing free on the air currents above us. I took it for a good augur of the moment, and our future. It’s … Continue reading

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The Magic Of Winter Solstice: 7 Ways to Celebrate the Returning Light

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Originally posted on The Muse in the Mirror:
With Christmas fast approaching, it can be all too easy to get swept away in the festive frenzy of need and expectation, and to lose sight of the true reason for the season. Whilst…

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Christmas Catch-up, 2015

On Lucifer, Hymns, Churches, Myths, Words, etc. The Christmas season is here, and with it some of the oldest “pagan” myths dressed up in the elaborations of two millennia of Christianity. The story of the birth of Christ is welcome … Continue reading

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Our Excellent Florida Adenture, Part 2

My friend Louis wanted the rest of this story, so here it is. When last we left the tale Lenore and I had just arrived in Florida. ——–  Our bodies arrived a few hours past noon local time, but our … Continue reading

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Our Excellent Florida Adventure

I don’t like Florida. I prefer our Cascade mountains here in Oregon, the crisp and clean mountain air, the rivers and streams and high forests, the volcanic slabs of cliffs and the ancient valleys. Florida in October is warm, dank … Continue reading

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The Poetry of Autumn

My friend Louis posts a Song of the Week at his blog, Ralston Creek Review. In recognition of the season he recently included Van Morrison’s Moon Dance on his list, observing “Ireland has produced some fantabulous poets over the centuries. … Continue reading

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Moon Dance

They lived in the snowy mountains, where God lives. They chopped wood, carried their own water. They slept in the loft of a ‘30’s A-frame cabin, next to a frost-rimed glass wall sparkled with moon and star light. In the … Continue reading

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In Memoriam: Charlie, 12/07/2002 – 8/13/2015

Charlie is gone. He passed away at home on August 13. There is a big hole in the world, and we are heartbroken. While we held him and gently stroked him and looked into his eyes, there was one last … Continue reading

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An Uncheerful Beating, Part 2 (continued)

This is a followup I decided to present here because my friend Louis indicated an interest in what was going to follow my first installment on this topic. I had thought, after writing what follows, that perhaps because some of … Continue reading

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