June is zipping by with the Summer Solstice only a few days away We are indeed slipping into the future. Structuring Time I have a timeline in my mind that I visualize when I think about the 20th Century. It has a “physical” structure. I think it may reflect a calendar that I saw and […]
June, Litha, Solstice Writing Prompts
The Geography of Seasons Summer is upon us here in Tucson where we are based. And when the temp gets to be over 110° F this old Editor/Publisher goes into siesta mode! But never fear, it hasn’t hit those scorching temperatures as yet this year, and we are still writing and putting out prompts. Our local […]
Summer Above, Winter Below, and Confusion All Around
“It is the June Solstice wherever you go today,” I wrote last week. In the Northern Hemisphere we observe the Summer Solstice and in the Southern Hemisphere the Winter Solstice is observed. Like everything humans do, there is some disagreement about what this means, except that old Sol aligns with the Tropic of Cancer. I […]
Yuletide Greetings
Hello dear friends and readers, Merry Christmas and Happy Yule! May whatever holiday of the season you most cherish be a blessed one spent with family and friends making memories to treasure. I will be taking a bit of time off from blogging over the next couple weeks to organize myself for the coming year, […]
The Lithics of Litha
Huh? Well first let me make one or two things perfectly clear. I am not an archaeologist nor am I a Pagan. But I am a woman, so I pay attention to cycles and circles. My iCal app popped up today, reminding me it is Litha, the Summer Solstice. I set the calendar reminder to […]