Happy Summer Solstice! Today is the longest day of the year. Not only that, but the sun — the life-giving sun — will reach its highest point in the sky today that it will reach all year. To the ancients, such as those who built Stonehenge,
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Happy Summer Solstice! Unthreatened By Pagans
June 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments · nature, spirituality & religion
Tags: ancients·Christian·Druids·obliquity·pagan·solstice·Stonehenge·summer solstice·sun break·Tess Giles Marshall
Am I Selling Out?
May 28th, 2011 · No Comments · nature
I’m writing from Joshua Tree, the stunning sub-region of the Mojave Desert in California where Thor and I got married seven years ago. We spent much of the day outdoors; the rugged beauty and penetrating dry heat are joyful to me. Tomorrow we go to my niece Melissa’s wedding — more joy. But I question [...]
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The Holy Grail of the Diamond-Cut Life
February 18th, 2011 · No Comments · nature, work
I had a marguerita last night with my fish tacos at the Hawthorne Fish House. I tossed the drink down fast, in the tiny wedge of time available to me between fighting the traffic home from a meeting in Salem (I won an award — happy surprise!) , and the start of the writing critique [...]
Tags: Bill Gracie·haiku·Holy Grail·hyperactivity·margueritas·stress
High Happiness, Low Carbon Footprint
October 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · energy, entertainment, global warming and climate change, nature
I am flawed in oh so many ways. I am impatient, intense, I don’t write to my invalid mother as frequently as I should, and while I no longer binge on Haagen Dazs ice cream, my sweet tooth is such that my husband terms my coffee a vehicle for sugar. In my favor, though, I [...]
Sammy’s Mountain, Gardens & Community
October 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · community, home & garden, nature, relationships
Our driveway has a vast hill of fertile dirt in it because we are finally building a garden, having spurned the lawn our builder offered to put in for us. We’ve named this temporary geographical feature Sammy’s Mountain because
