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winter solstice wishes

 
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May you grow still enough
to hear the small noises earth makes
in preparing for the long sleep of winter,
so that you yourself may grow calm
and grounded deep within.
May you grow still enough
to hear the trickling of water
seeping into the ground,
so that your soul may be softened and healed,
and guided in its flow.
May you grow still enough
to hear the splintering of starlight in the winter sky
and the roar at earth's fiery core.
May you grow still enough
to hear the stir of a single snowflake in the air,
so that your inner silence
may turn into hushed expectation.

~David Steindl-Rast
(1926 to pres., Benedictine Monk)

"We're all just walking each other home." -Ram Dass
"Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder."-Rumi
"It's all one song!" -Neil Young

 
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"Study books and observe nature; if they do not agree, throw away the books." ~ William A. Albrecht

 
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Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Everyone learns what works by learning what doesn't work. Stephen Herrod Buhner

 
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And remember if you need to, to mark your low sun exposure point today for solar stuff or gardening reasons. I'm figuring out my sun/shade limits, and am marking points today.

Gardens in my mind never need water
Castles in the air never have a wet basement
Well made buildings are fractal -- equally intelligent design at every level of detail.
Bright sparks remind others that they too can dance
What I am looking for is looking for me too!

 
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I love these thoughts - and this time of year. Thank you!

This is always my wish.
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Lighting candles for peace

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Happy solstice, everyone!
 
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Tonight is the longest night of the year. I am looking forward to the gradual increase in day length as this wonderful planet carries on its journey around the Sun.

Enjoy the Solstice for the promise of Spring that it brings.

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Oh, crap. Spring is comming, I'm behind!

(Out coldest weather is in January, still coming.)

'What we do now echoes in eternity.' Marcus Aurelius
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Joylynn Hardesty wrote:Oh, crap. Spring is coming, I'm behind!

Do any of us know permies who *aren't* behind??? There always seem to be cool things we'd like to build, or try, or plant!

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The day with the longest shadows at noon.

So glad that the days get lighter from now!
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My projects on Skye: The tree field, Growing and landracing, perennial polycultures, "Don't dream it - be it! "

 
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The sun has made another trip around the sun! For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, the days are about to start creeping longer.

For those who accept that weather patterns are shifting, I am waiting with impatience to hear whether my totally goofy Muscovy duck who absolutely *insisted* on sitting on eggs, managed to hatch me any Solstice fluffballs - I'll keep you posted, but I'm too far away to pay duckling tax until those on the spot send both news and pictures.

To all my fellow Southern Hemisphere permies, enjoy the warm weather, as your turn in the cycle will come.

Happy Solstice Wishes to All!

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There are paper charts with numbers and pretty pictures, and there are cell phones measuring a perfectly synchronized illusion. Long before and long after there is a small blue planet circling a little white star. I just want to wish everyone up north a Happy New Year.

Nothing ruins a neighborhood like paved roads and water lines.

 
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Jay Angler wrote:

Joylynn Hardesty wrote:Oh, crap. Spring is coming, I'm behind!

Do any of us know permies who *aren't* behind??? There always seem to be cool things we'd like to build, or try, or plant!


"The hurrier I go, the behinder I get." -Ziggy, shared by an astute great-gramma

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