Winter Solstice
Dec. 21st, 2008 03:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helwenHappy Solstice, Everyone! (And Happy Channukah for those who celebrate, and Happy Christmas-to-be)
I hope everyone has a lovely time this weekend and that you are all given what you need, whatever that may be.
Last night our town held a Winter Solstice celebration (3rd annual, our first time being at one). Most of the activities were outdoors on the town commons - poetry, songs, storytelling, Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, Border Morris dancing, and lighting candles of Intention for the next year, and generally observing the Long Night and the Return of the Light. Some of the festivities were also at Elmer's one of the local stores that's also a part-time restaurant and deli. Met up with some friends there and chatted about various things, and Carw Gwynt (L) got dragged into dancing with the Morris team (Juggler Meadow Morris) indoors -- he's done some sword dancing before so he was able to run through the similar-but-not-the-same dance moves with them. One of their guys had already gone home and they wanted to do a bit more dancing. Wisely they put him in 6th position, which meant he had time during parts of the dances to see what was coming. A bit more singing happened at Elmer's including our friend Sarah S. sang Of All the Birds along with me and Carw Gwynt.
Late last night I lit a beeswax candle shaped like a pine cone for some personal observances, and as well we did an I Ching reading. Very illuminating. We'll be making some changes in the coming months. It promises to be a challenging year.
This morning was Oakstone Grove's group observance, which we had to do astrally, as the snow has made travel difficult and dangerous. I have to say it's kind of fun walking through astral snow :D
Under the mistletoe-laden oaks,
/|\ Troed Gysgod/Shadowfoot
I hope everyone has a lovely time this weekend and that you are all given what you need, whatever that may be.
Last night our town held a Winter Solstice celebration (3rd annual, our first time being at one). Most of the activities were outdoors on the town commons - poetry, songs, storytelling, Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, Border Morris dancing, and lighting candles of Intention for the next year, and generally observing the Long Night and the Return of the Light. Some of the festivities were also at Elmer's one of the local stores that's also a part-time restaurant and deli. Met up with some friends there and chatted about various things, and Carw Gwynt (L) got dragged into dancing with the Morris team (Juggler Meadow Morris) indoors -- he's done some sword dancing before so he was able to run through the similar-but-not-the-same dance moves with them. One of their guys had already gone home and they wanted to do a bit more dancing. Wisely they put him in 6th position, which meant he had time during parts of the dances to see what was coming. A bit more singing happened at Elmer's including our friend Sarah S. sang Of All the Birds along with me and Carw Gwynt.
Late last night I lit a beeswax candle shaped like a pine cone for some personal observances, and as well we did an I Ching reading. Very illuminating. We'll be making some changes in the coming months. It promises to be a challenging year.
This morning was Oakstone Grove's group observance, which we had to do astrally, as the snow has made travel difficult and dangerous. I have to say it's kind of fun walking through astral snow :D
Under the mistletoe-laden oaks,
/|\ Troed Gysgod/Shadowfoot
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Date: 2008-12-22 07:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-22 03:26 pm (UTC)Astral snow has advantages. You can choose whether or not to walk through it for one thing. It _will_ slow you down a bit while 'walking', but doesn't cling to you and make your boots and clothing wet :D