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Poems, Prose, Photos & the Art of Being Human

MASKS OF CARDINAL FEATHERS
Drape
Me in
Crimson rOse petals,
garnets,
coraL,
RuBies
and feed me
dragon's Blood,
cherries,
straWberries,
plums,
salmon,
meRlot
then make me
glow,
flush,
blush,
BlooM
till I'm
Rubeous,
carneLian,
verMilioN
as ScarLet hummingbirds
SOAR from our
Mad
voRacious
heartS.
Thank you to the editor of Absinthe Revival for first publishing this poem.

Happy Winter Solstice!
Many will sing and hold vigil tonight so that the Sun can sleep deep & long and then rise in the morning renewed, ready to begin a brand new day & year. In many traditions, tomorrow marks New Year’s Day in honor of Solar Time.
May this be a year of increasing peace, compassion for others and oneself, potable water & food for all and the building of a kinder inclusive world, not for profit but for love.
To your Joy and Life!


Other names for the December full moon include: Honey Moon**, Snow Moon, Full Cold Moon, Mistletoe Moon, Frost Moon, Winter Moon, Peach Moon, Christmas Moon, Dark Night Moon, Strawberry Moon**, Long Night Moon, Younger Hard Time Moon, Twelfth Moon, Margashirsha Moon, Fruit Moon, Bitter Moon, Rose Moon**, Moon Before Yule*, Solstice Moon***
*As long as the last moon is before Yule, as it is in 2021.
**Southern Hemisphere.
***When it’s within days of Solstice.

I can tell you about the river or we could just get in. Bill Callahan

Sea Fog forms when warm moist air cools over colder water.