Spiral of Light
Over stars is the mother wandering In her mantle’s flowing folds. Threads of gold and silver starlight for her little child she holds. Throngs of stars behold her passing, all the sky is filled with light. With her hands she weaves and gathers blessings for the candle-lit night. This weekend we prepared for solstice by [...]
Light and Life… aka Solstice is the most-est!
This year we celebrated Solstice — in our very own way, in a way that I think is going to stick. Like snow, you know. I haven’t been a huge fan of Christmas as a grown-up (nothing against it, just not too energized by it), so once Rom and I had kids we chose to [...]
A Nice Night
Monica tinged the glass with her utensil. “Okay, everyone, let’s do it!” Everyone piled on their clothes and filed out. Ten-year-old Annie rang the ceremonial gong, and everyone left the Common House, headed to our house. We arrived home. “Okay,” Monica said, “so, you guys go outside, and we’ll all gather here, and then you [...]
Walking the Labyrinth
On the last day of the decade, we walked a labyrinth at a nearby church. We arrived around seven-thirty… my kids were immediately drawn in to the nave, which was lit with candles and filled with lilting, medieval-sounding music. There was a deep feeling of reverence in the room, and a subtle festive feel, too. [...]
The New Year
I’ve been spending some time writing in my journal, to honor the ending of last year and the beginning of this one, and I wanted to share the questions I’ve been using. They come from Andrea over at Superhero Journal. 1. What do you want to acknowledge yourself for in regard to 2009?(What did you [...]
A Peaceful and Vibrant Solstice
We are creating our family traditions for solstice… I am looking forward to seeing how things grow and change (and stay the same). This year, we spent some time on Saturday painting watercolor paper and then cutting out stars, a moon, and one giant sun. We hung everything but the sun on the branches of [...]
More Grace
This is the second post in a two-part series on mealtime (or other time) rituals. Yesterday, I wrote about saying our blessing, and today I wanted to share something else we do at the dinner table. [Well, to be honest, there are a lot of things we do at the dinner table, but I'll have [...]
Grace
This post is part of a two-part series on mealtime (or other time) rituals. Tomorrow will be the second installment. When Orlando was a baby, we started saying grace before our meals. We’ve fallen in and out of the habit over the years, but still, whenever there is an especially impressive bounty of food on [...]
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