Category Archives: Seasons & Celebrations

Observations of the seasons, particular holidays and special days.

Hanging On to Halloween

Halloween is here. We’re facing our first major seasonal observance (I am of the generation taught not to refer to Halloween as a “holiday”) without Aly, who is away at college. We’re facing a good deal of uncertainty about what … Continue reading

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Falling Leaves

If you’re reading Mary Oliver’s Twelve Moons as a lunar calendar with me this year, it’s time for another one of the poem’s not associated with a specific moon phase. It seems like there have been a lot of these … Continue reading

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