time-lapse solstice eclipse

My writing fu just seems stuck lately, what with planning for impending baby, some health issues, and .... well, I have no other excuses. But here's neat time-lapse video of last night's eclipse!

Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse from William Castleman on Vimeo.

I have a bookmark file full of things to write about, and rather than go on hiatus, I think I'll toss them up as I'm able. I apologize.

- Mary

Solstice is serious business

Four years ago, at a friend's Solstice celebration, I caught a shot of my dear friends Kimberly and Sue trying so hard not to giggle during a quiet moment that they were nearly crying.



How could they explain that from their angle, they could see a cat trying to find a use for the sand in the bottom of the straw man at the center of the ritual?

The cat, apparently, had missed the memo about rituals being serious business.

For Northern Hemisphere Solstice, from George Harrison

For everything - turn turn turn

Sun rising between stones
Originally uploaded by KimM-O.

Time for the sun to swing back to the south again, bringing light to my friends Beatrice in Argentina and Miche in New Zealand and Den in Australia, though we're still in "sun slow" on the analemma, so it'll be awhile before my days seem much shorter, or theirs much longer.

Still, here we are again, marking a point on the trip we take every year, swinging round and around the sun, living in the endless pattern.