tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post8676696138719886050..comments2024-03-22T17:39:44.420-07:00Comments on 37th Dream/ Rumors of Peace at Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise: TRADITIONS / RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDSamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-41852490452765545342008-12-23T02:23:00.000-08:002008-12-23T02:23:00.000-08:00Behind the ritual/You find the spiritual VAN MORRI...Behind the ritual/You find the spiritual VAN MORRISON 'Behind the Ritual'The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-54569531594960555082008-12-22T08:15:00.000-08:002008-12-22T08:15:00.000-08:00I have no traditions at this time of the year. We ...I have no traditions at this time of the year. We never celebrated-- not Hanukkah or Christmas. I am always glad when the solstice arrives, it is the returning sun that reminds me of the gladness of the season.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-17270322890420496512008-12-21T13:34:00.000-08:002008-12-21T13:34:00.000-08:00Your yule tree and the traditions you and D have c...Your yule tree and the traditions you and D have created were the inspiration for my post today.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to sit awhile with your perceptive comment, Zhoen:<BR/><BR/>"Inclusiveness as a shield from dread."<BR/><BR/>Now I'm wondering -- Was it when I began to look at all the traditions associated with late fall and early winter that I lowered, rather than raised, my shield from dread?<BR/><BR/>The word "inclusiveness" hadn't occurred to me in my process nor had the word "shield," but that doesn't mean they weren't present. The process felt like lighting a candle in the darkness of the season and discovering that I wasn't alone.<BR/><BR/>It was something about having "a part" in all the traditions, rather being than "apart" or "shielded against" the traditions. Something about asking myself, "Can I create my own traditions?"<BR/><BR/>Today it seems that when I lower the shield I didn't realize I had -- whatever it is -- the dread diminishes. Or is it the other way around?<BR/>(-:amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-11814449843857823452008-12-21T13:26:00.000-08:002008-12-21T13:26:00.000-08:00(o)(o)Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-78402920196466009552008-12-21T11:57:00.000-08:002008-12-21T11:57:00.000-08:00happy solstice Am!happy solstice Am!Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-85467395458741860082008-12-21T11:02:00.000-08:002008-12-21T11:02:00.000-08:00Inclusiveness as a shield from dread, very effecti...Inclusiveness as a shield from dread, very effective.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.com