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June
Summer Solstice 2026: A Mingling of Voices
View Post In the spring of 2019 I visited Agrigento in Sicily, a huge, ancient pilgrimage site of Greek temples. It was only at the end of the first day that I came upon the ruins of temples for Demeter, Persephone and Dionysus, what the sign called “the chthonic deities.” I felt a spirit there […]
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March
Spring Equinox 2026: War and Peace
“If you want peace, work for justice.” Pope Paul VI, 1 January 1972, World Day of Peace War in spring seems antithetical, a jarring contradiction of realities. While birds are returning north to nest (I saw my first geese on March 6th) in many places the world’s armies are sending out “drones” on attack missions. […]
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December
Winter Solstice Eve 2025: The Circle of Life
I’ve had occasion to stay with a friend the last few months. In the spring when I stepped out of my room, the sun lit the hallway end to end. Through summer it was there every morning accompanying me as I started my day. I noticed how gradually after the fall equinox that beam of […]
