SOLSTICE - IT'S THE PAGAN IN ME (PDF-1849)

Thanksgiving is my favorite legal Holiday, but you can have the rest of them. I am not much of an officially-declared holiday person, especially if we are talking about New Year’s Eve. My daughter May does a huge New Year’s Eve concert (usually sold out) that reaches beyond midnight, to which I am, of course, always invited, but I have never gone. Where I do go on New Year’s Eve is to bed, and early at that, way before Midnight. I just don’t care for calendar holidays. My family does its best to tolerate me; they like a good celebration, drag out the board games, and party it on up. I am sorry. But I am not completely holiday-less. I have my own idea of holidays, and the Solstices top the list. Those of you who read this blog know I love New and Full Moons, and especially eclipses. I am not sure that ‘love’ is the right word. Let’s just say I observe the lunar cycle. I take note. For example, we just had a rather tough New Moon last Thursday, so we are on an upswing by now or at least having a shift in emphasis. What does get my blood moving, however, are the solstices, especially the Summer Solstice, but the Winter Solstice is second on my list and just as important.