Tag: ancestors
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Honoring the Suffering of the Ancestors
More record warm days have slowed leaf turn down; what began as a very early color season is now quite late. Today is cloudy, very warm, and somewhat wet. We will take whatever rain we are sent, and be glad for it. We are in autumn and the spirits draw close. This is a good…
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Our Lives Are On Loan
A lovely morning, the sky streaked with cerulean blue and white, promising warmth. Later, thunder and colder. We live in a difficult moment, one filled with extinctions. In response, we raise our voices and demand change. There is hope yet, although hope must coexist with the very real threat that no one is listening. There…
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Ancestors, Ceremony, and Trauma
Today dawned gray and wet. We took advantage of the clock change, and slept in. Now, to the west the low overcast is raising. The oaks have turned abruptly; the maples have largely dropped their leaves and the breeze moves their bare branches. It is the sort of day that Thomas Hardy celebrated when he…
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