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Happy Holidays & Some Reading Material

Published December 22, 2008 | By Juniper

Happy Holidays from the Hedge folks!!!

I have been quite busy here at Misty Acres for the holiday season but will catch you all up on the goings on as soon as possible.

In the mean time, here is some interesting reading material to help you keep your sanity during Yuletide, Christmas and etc…

First, in the news:

Bee Sanctuary Established

Häagen-Dazs has announced that it is making a $125,000 donation to the UC Davis Department of Entomology to launch a nationwide design competition to create a one-half acre Honey Bee Haven garden at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis.

Druids mark solstice at Stonehenge

Hundreds of druids, pagans and tourists braved the gloomy weather to gather at Stonehenge on Sunday morning to celebrate the winter solstice. The mystical stones attracted a crowd of 1,900 people, with some dressed in cloaks and robes, to see sunrise at the prehistoric site in Wiltshire.

A Solstice Tribute

Sunday morning was a nasty time to be out and about in New York, with cold rain falling hard, but the predawn hours were worse. Sleet was blowing at just the right angle to find its way into tightly… Continue reading →

Posted in Links, Practice & Learning | Tagged Links, reading

Dance with my Randomness

Published December 15, 2008 | By Juniper

Tell me
Is it painful to dance with my randomness?
Or are you still lost in the thrill of the chase?
Did you know I live in the eye of a hurricane?

Tell me
Can you speak the language of the weirdo?
Have you ever walked the way the wind blows?
Do thoughts race like a lightning storm in summer?

Hear me
Chaos loves me so much it made be its priestess
I am no creature of poise and grace
My roller coaster life is never boring or plain

Hear me
Don’t mistake me for some kind of Leonardo
Matching socks will never grace these cute toes
Understand I love being the eccentric daydreamer

Juniper 2008

Posted in Bardic Circle | Tagged Poems

Just Another Yuletide

Published December 14, 2008 | By Juniper

Just Another Yuletide

I hear the shopping songs sweetly singing
The folk are fighting over baby gods in public places
And the people throw money away like garbage
A smile then a start with “Have a happy – ”
Happy what hunny? We have become so painfully worried
Isn’t the sentiment the same? Or has it changed today?
Yeah, it’s just another Yuletide

Trees and bows and pretty things
Shiny gifts for rosy faces, ratty gifts for hungry faces
The halls are decked the cupboards are bare
Stampeding malls and plastic walls filled with things
To fill our vacant and distracted souls
How painfully close we come to losing the meaning
You know, it’s just another Yuletide

Hearthfire, farmfire, heartfire, soulfire, homefire
Through the soft and silent snow I do the rounds
Dark, bitter, brilliant nights walking alone by ambient light
Crown of the Holly King glistens, freezes, shines
Mantle of the Lady frozen in time, glows with white
Cold moon peers through crisp clouds and the tips of pines
Yes, it’s just and other Yuletide

~ Juniper, December 2008

Posted in Bardic Circle, Rantings & Ravings | Tagged Poems, Wheel of the Year, yule

Time for More Quotes

Published December 13, 2008 | By Juniper

When the going gets weird the weird get going – Unknown

If you think you are too small to have an impact, try going to sleep with a mosquito in the room. – Unknown

I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with a soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments. – Jim Morrison

I’m alarmed that to think than modern science may be turning creativity into a medical disorder – Thomas Armstrong, PhD

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn, burn, burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes Awww! – Jack Kerouac

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. – Albert Einstein

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. – Stella Adler

When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I… Continue reading →

Posted in Bardic Circle, Everything Else | Tagged art, quotes