January 17, as written here before, is Christmas on the Julian calendar, Old Twelfth Night. Wassailing was traditional on or around this day and still is in some parts of England….
not knowing
Thinking still of magnum mysterium, and the space of not knowing….
o magnum mysterium
Not quite three weeks past Christmas, we are moving into the heart of winter. The Julian calendar celebrates old Twelfth Night January 17th, and this is the traditional date for Wassailing in parts of England; maybe somehow this is where my lingering sense of Christmas originates. …
snow
Astonishing that our first measurable snow of the winter is coming so late, today, January 12. In honor of its beauty, its stillness, its hush– is there any time more quiet than when snow is falling?– for my first daily daily grace we will go a bit long, and share one of my favorite snow poems, from both a favorite collection and a favorite poet, the great Yves Bonnefoy….
grace of slowness
On Friday I was pulled over for doing 60 in a 40. This is part of my commute for a few months, a designated scenic two-lane road winding from southwestern Massachusetts to northwestern Connecticut….
twelfth night, or merry little Christmas
Growing up, my mother often referred to Epiphany as Little Christmas….
2015 auld lang syne
2015 continued the trend of a few years now, bringing many changes and challenges on the personal and professional planes. Status quo is but a distant memory….
hoar frost
It is a strangely mild December. No snow yet, but several foggy pre-dawns have brushed on beautiful hoar frost….
grace, graciousness, gratitude
Closing out November on the tail end of Thanksgiving weekend. A balmy black Friday meant– not shopping!!– one more reprieve for that last garden work. …
les feuilles mortes
There is a wooded trail I run that tells me the season, in case I lose track, which I can do…the sharp hill part especially, where the sleek oak leaves have now amassed, and their big acorns with them– have never seen acorns this large, or numerous, and there’s been much discussion about what this means for the winter to come. Hmmm. My vote is in: hard….
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