Winter Solstice 2022

The Winter Solstice arrives here in Okieland this Odin's day afternoon, bringing more light to the Northern Hemisphere.

Synchronicity filled the mailbox:

. . . enlightenment is our true nature and our home, but the complexities of human life cause us to forget. – Roshi Joan Sutherland

Our annual winter celebrations can act as a reminder that even when darkness pervades, we can always look a little deeper and light a candle.

“Be a lamp unto yourself.” – Buddha

Commit yourself each day to rediscover the world of which you have the joy of being a part. If only for a few moments, allow yourself to be filled with the awareness of the wonder of life, with the incredible marvel of being a human being. – after Pablo Casals. See also: 

Solstice Silence

Full moon – a “Cold Moon”

in the Almanac, is, in Mohawk,

the “Long Moon,”

anticipating the Solstice's

long transition, as the longer days

bring the light. And the dark?

The dark can no longer linger

and must let go of its cold grip,

sharing its glad reflection

in the glitter of ice,

snow,

and silence.

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