occasional posts by risa aratyr
On Friday, Samhain Eve, my dearest friend I’ve never met (never in person) challenged me to disabuse him of the notion that the good old US of A might have turned a political corner. Challenge accepted. After all, what could the topic of my Samhain blog possibly be, if not the results of the election? … Read more Well Begun is Half Done
In my local time zone, the true cross quarter – the exact midpoint between the last equinox and the upcoming solstice – occurred last night at 22:56/10:56pm. By my calculations, that made last night Samhain Eve, and today the first day of Winter. Here in my new residential corner of the world, Summer ended long … Read more The First Day of Winter
If these seasonal posts prove anything, it’s that I have a penchant for poetry. For others’ poetry, I’m saying. Oh, I’ve dabbled in the art. Even written a scant handful of poems I like, and a couple I’m actually proud of. But I’m a blatherer. When I write, it’s at length. I pack my sentences … Read more Summer’s End
Mostly I come up with my own titles. Today, I’m just jumping on the bandwagon. Autumn Leaves the Elder (first to penetrate my consciousness) is the latest post from unironedman, a blog you should absolutely be reading. If you’re not yet subscribed, that italicized bit is a link, so go do yourself a favor. In … Read more Autumn Leaves #3
To all my pagan and pagan-esque friends who think Samhain has passed . . . In a few hours Mother Earth will have reached that powerful moment in her circuit ‘round the sun that is the exact mid-point between the fall equinox and the winter solstice. TONIGHT is the cross-quarter. TONIGHT is Samhain Eve. This … Read more The Season of the Witch