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The Spirit of Weeds

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Weeds are feral plants, the bane of gardeners and pavers.  They thrive in the most inhospitable settings, taking root in the sooty dust that collects in cracks, taking over abandoned urban spaces with remarkable speed, breaking concrete and reclaiming mankind’s barrens for the kingdom of plants. Weeds may be glorious wildflowers or medicinal herbs, thistles, [...]

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The Beauty of Rain

Monday, June 22, 2009

Those of us who live in the Northeastern United States have experienced one of the wettest Springs on record, and the rain has continued through the solstice season.  Perhaps as the climate changes, the regions that depend on snowmelt for water are becoming drier while those that depend on rainfall are becoming wetter, or perhaps [...]

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Sunburst

Thursday, June 18, 2009

This Sunday is the Summer Solstice, in the Northern hemisphere the longest day (and shortest night) of the year.  It’s one of the primary holy days in all the pagan traditions of the North, celebrated by bonfires and revelry.  Shakespeare’s magical comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream captures something of the spirit this season carried in [...]

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Equinox Pix

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Today is the Vernal Equinox, the time when day and night are of equal length, and in the Northern Hemisphere the official beginning of Spring.  Transitional times tend to arouse the symbolic impulse in a person of pagan tendencies like me.  These are Nature’s magical moments.  I live in a very dense city, where Nature [...]

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