The Days Between: Aug. 1 – Aug. 9

Atlanta, 3/31/94 ©John RottetThe Days Betweenby Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia There were daysAnd there were daysAnd there were days between.Summer flies and August diesAnd the world grows dark and mean.Comes the shimmer of the moonOn black infested trees,The singing man is at his songThe holy on their knees.The reckless are out wrecking,The timid plead their … Read more

An Affirming Environment

For improving your behavior, a supportive environment isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity.— Michael Highstead, CEO of Habit Busters, Ltd. In her recent (free!) newsletter, Elizabeth Genco Purvis, the “Marketing Goddess” wrote, “One of my mentors said something recently that really shook me up. He said, ‘Your environment is stronger than habit.’ When you think … Read more

Cinderellas of the World Unite!

Cinderella – by Edmond DulacWhere there is no extravagance there is no love, and where there is no love there is no understanding.— Oscar Wilde How are you feeling about all this focus on luxury? In a world where there is enormous suffering, where so many have so little, and less every day, does it … Read more

Lughnassadh Poetry

Little Summer Poem Touching the Subject of Faithby Mary Oliver Every summerI listen and lookunder the sun’s brass and eveninto the moonlight, but I can’t hear anything, I can’t see anything —not the pale roots digging down, nor the green stalks muscling up,nor the leavesdeepening their damp pleats, nor the tassels making,nor the shucks, nor … Read more

Lughnassadh Blessings!

Our hands will work for peace and justiceOur hands will work to heal the landGather ’round the harvest tableLet us feast and bless the land. Lughnassadh (often pronounced “LOO-nahs-ah”) or the Anglo-Saxon “Lammas,” is one of the Greater Sabbats and honors the First Harvest. In agricultural traditions throughout the Northern Hemisphere, this marks the start … Read more

The Real Secret

Emergence, by Ann Beeching ©We’Moon 2009, At the CrossroadsWhat does “prosperity” mean when we, as a civilization, are engaged in what can only be seen as a sustained effort to destroy ourselves and our habitat? That is the question I think needs to be asked.— James French, guest essayist, The Wild Hunt As we’re grappling … Read more