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Fires of August

As August draws to a close in our corner of Southeast Alaska it continues to imitate October very convincingly. We’ve already lit fires in the woodstove on several days, which we generally don’t do till at least mid to late … Continue reading

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Autumnal Equinox

Yesterday was the Autumnal Equinox, which my ancestors called Mabon, when the amount of daylight and darkness balances for a moment before tipping toward night. Most people go along with the reckoning that this is the first day of autumn, … Continue reading

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