Tag Archives: Solstice

December light in our little house in the woods

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Kathy

When the low sun shines here in the Upper Peninsula at this time of year–and that’s a big when–light enters our house in long ribbons of luminescence. The winter can drag as gray skies loom overhead and lake effect clouds … Continue reading →

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O Sun, do not desert us (Dancing around ancient Solstice fires into the Now)

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Kathy

Do you hear the ancient drums throbbing inside your limbic brain? Do you hear the cries of long-dead ancestors as they dance around the Solstice fire begging the sun to return? Please come back, please come back, please come back, … Continue reading →

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God loves nonsense, too

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Kathy

Last night I decided to write a light-hearted blog post today with the title “God loves nonsense, too.” At 1:30 a.m., wide awake, staring at the ceiling, my mind dictated an entire serious and logical post about “levels of awareness” … Continue reading →

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Throw back your neck and howl

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Kathy

We really must quit meeting like this. We must quit telling stories blessed freezing winter day after winter day. But why not tell stories? The local Anishinabe huddled around campfires in wigwams all winter spinning yarns of Wenabozhoo and the … Continue reading →

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A perfect ideal wonderful awesome incredible gorgeous magnificent day in the woods!

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Kathy

Quiet morning in the woods. Actually, it’s not quiet at all.  People only think the forest is quiet.  Actually, it’s a noisy squawking pounding cackling world out there.  The woodpeckers drum on the rotten trees, searching for insects.  Robins and … Continue reading →

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The end of a long June day…

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Kathy

Soft, quiet, sleepy June evening. Sitting in the lull of evening after an active day of running here, there and everywhere.  I have a funny story  to tell you, but no energy to tell it yet. Birds chirp their night-songs as … Continue reading →

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The Solstice and the Creature

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Kathy

   Hello, dear reader!  Did you notice I skipped a day?    And then had to take my own advice from the last blog.  Because the Mind started to whine (oh haven’t we heard this before??)  “There’s nothing to say, nothing … Continue reading →

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