Happy Merry

My posts got a little messed up earlier, I hope all remains stable now.

The posts below are deliberately short. I just wanted to wish all well and leave you to your own traditions. I like to take notice of the Solstice because I believe that we all need to be more aware of the world around us and taking note of celestial events is a way to do that. Modern rhythms are not natural, the world is – though our celebrations aren’t necessarily. It’s a bit of a paradoxical way to see the world, but it’s mine.

Chanukah is not a celebration in my family tradition, but I hope for those of you who it is that you have a great time with your family and friends and community. I believe that keeping our own traditions and celebrating is very important.

We need to keep connected. The days of the year mark the moments we use to keep ourselves grounded within our traditions and our lives.

When I have a similar simple post as those below in a few days, it is meant to convey the same message. I try to use this time of year to reestablish something that I really can’t describe. Lately I haven’t been doing too good a job of it. Life got away from me. I want to gather it back in again. So I wanted to mark dates for myself, and for anyone else who wants to try to do the same thing: grab ahold of a day and use it to build meaning in your life.

I think I’ll make a goal for next year of figuring out exactly what I mean by all of this and distilling the essence out into a simple statement.