Oh dear, i lost my blog...
does this sound ridiculous? it really happened, i spent hours scouring my computer's history, my emails, everything. Now i have bookmarked it and let's hope that it shall never happen again. I also hadn't realized just how long it has been since i have written.
So, today i would like to talk about religion, i suppose mine really, and here is another of those dualities, i believe in everything. i want to believe in everything good- and generally focus on the positive and the possibilities. I also believe in reality and rationality, though really, there is magic within science and physics, mysteries and vastness that are so beautiful and amazing also.
Tonight is the Winter Solstice where i live, and i must tell you, i am feeling it. an energy, a tingling, a power within and all around, a whisper of the darkness and depth of years past.. an ancient history that at times i feel so connected to. Humanity, and simply being a being on our beautiful earth, and having hope and celebration for the return of the sun. the fire within and the return of life-giving sky-fire. Can you imagine doubting that it might not come back? The uncertainty and fear, even a little second-guessing, i can see it. I think we have this for many of our hopes, i know i do, holding onto the hops, but not too tightly, preparing for that sinking loss, for climbing back out of the hole, the darkness.
Tonight i stared out into the small forest around my home, and i imagined the vastness, the silence, the perhaps deeply darkness of our forests of another time. i am thankful for the freedom to practice any religion i choose, to hold beliefs and rituals and they be no one else's business.
My son and i and our dog- a goofy Labrador- went into our woods and gathered evergreen branches to make some wreathes, or something.. Bringing these evergreens is said to offer
