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Visions of The World Tree
A bright, warm day, more like late March than mid-February. The sky is a clear, vibrant blue beyond the bare trees. Daffodils have sprouted in the yard. There is a motif that spans most cultures, the image of an immense tree that ties together all of creation. This is the World Tree, its roots firmly…
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Reciprocity and the Spirits
A chilly, dark day; a bit ‘o snow tonight and heavy rain tomorrow. This morning, after breakfast with friends, we went for a walk on a local bike trail from which a side trail winds down to the bay. The trail journeys through woods, largely parallel to the water, then heads north into the town’s…
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Needs
Late afternoon and the sun has disappeared behind the clouds that are gathering in the west. Dark will come early tonight. The weather continues to offer mostly warm, dry days and cool nights, resulting in a very mild winter.
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Weaponizing Fire
Ah, Monday. Yesterday was record warm and windy; Saturday was just record warm. Today is seasonably cool and dark, thick cloud blocking much of January’s wan sunlight. The weekend was not just record warm. In much of New England temperatures were six or seven degrees above the old records for the date. This, probably inevitably,…
