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Time Out of Time – Halcyon Days

by Beth on December 16, 2011

Halcyon days, now wars are ending. You shall find where-e’er you sail Tritons all the while attending With a kind and gentle gale. ~ Halcyon Days by Thomas Shadwell (1642 – 1692) Winter Solstice is almost here, and so we are invited to observe a Time Out of Time.  This period, which traditionally begins the [...]

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The Halcyon Days Begin

by Beth on December 14, 2010

Then for the teeming quietest, happiest days of all! The brooding and blissful halcyon days! – Walt Whitman Once upon a time, Alcyone was the daughter of Aeolus, King of the Winds, and the wife of Ceyx, King of Thessaly. Alcyone and Ceyx loved each other devotedly and were never willingly apart. Nevertheless, a time [...]

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Happy Teutates’ Day!

by Beth on March 17, 2010

May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow, And may trouble avoid you wherever you go. Today is Trefuilnid Treochair (Truh-FWEEL-nid Tray-oh-CARE) in the Celtic traditions. This is considered the premier national feast day of Éire (Ireland).  The name of the holiday means “the triple bearer of the triple key,” and it refers to the [...]

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Tarot Card of the Week: March 8-14, 2010

by Beth on March 8, 2010

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. — Haruki Murakami After our gifts of Grace and healing from the past couple of weeks, we are faced now with the Three of Swords. Since we so recently received it, you can read my more traditional interpretation here. But today, in part because less than ten minutes after [...]

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The Crocus Divine

by Beth on February 26, 2010

This encore post, is part two,  from a series I wrote back in February, 2006. Knowest thou What solemn shores of crocus-coloured light, Reared by the sunset in its realm of change, Will mock the dream-lost isles that sirens ward? –Clark Ashton Smith Many of us are seeing the first welcome signs of Spring and [...]

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Crocus Magic – Part One

by Beth on February 25, 2010

Another encore post, this time, part one of two that I wrote back in February, 2006. Behold, this crocus is a withering flame… – Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Barren Spring, 1870 The signs of Spring are becoming increasingly insistent and unmistakable. In my garden, purple and yellow crocuses are opening in the noon sun, before slipping [...]

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Slowing Down and Stopping

by Beth on December 15, 2009

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. – Freya Stark, The Journey’s Echo How did you do on the workaholism quiz from Friday? Frankly, I am busted on almost every question. Having done this work before, you would think I would have been much [...]

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The Month of Reed – Ngetal

by Beth on October 28, 2009

The leaves fall patiently Nothing remembers or grieves The river takes to the sea The yellow drift of leaves. –Sara Teasdale Today, according to the Celtic Tree calendar, we enter the month of The Reed. The Celtic Tree Year is divided into thirteen lunar months. Each has a tree (or in this case, a shrub) [...]

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The Lady of the Lake

by Beth on July 5, 2009

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight. — Leo Rosten

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The Halcyon Days Begin

by Beth on December 14, 2008

Then for the teeming quietest, happiest days of all!The brooding and blissful halcyon days!– Walt Whitman Alcyone (“al-SIGH-ah-nee”) was the daughter of Aeolus, King of the Winds, and the wife of Ceyx, King of Thessaly. Alcyone and Ceyx (pronounced “SEE-ecks”) loved each other devotedly and were never willingly apart. Nevertheless, a time came when Ceyx [...]

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