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Chris V's avatar

Lovely timely piece again.

I mistakenly read ‘ Harry the local sparrowhawk’ on first reading your poem, and thought ahh, that’s sweet. (Should get new glasses!)

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Roselle Angwin's avatar

Hello Chris! Lovely to hear from you. From now on she'll (!) be known as Harry... x

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Susie Mawhinney's avatar

I am so relieved to see you use the term “present in the moment” instead of the dreaded M word in this delightful Equinox blessing Roselle. It is a sad thing in this world that as soon as something becomes mainstream and overly commercialised, it not only tends to be misused but abused also… so a huge thank you, another who recognises my abhorrence of using this word. Although obviously not it’s true Buddhist origins…

We too have peach trees in crazy pink, blooming… my Mirabelle are over their best, I am praying this weekends frost forecast is an error because they are busily setting fruit… 🙏🏽 the apricots are already lost, as is often the case, the tree will survive the harshest of winters but sadly we are just too far north for the fruit to become. Only once have we had enough to store for winter…

Enjoy your day, here we sit under a hazy sky, the sun is fighting hard but not winning… the air is warm though so I will make the most of every second and tend to the enormous backlog of work in my garden… xx

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Roselle Angwin's avatar

Lovely to hear from you Susie, and thank you - for your words but also for a picture of your place and trees.. Strange to hear you saying 'too far north'! - but everything's relative.

My partner's out seriously reclaiming more meadow for veg, grains, trials of lentils, soybeans, chickpeas etc (possibly truly too far north!) but my knee has been so incredibly painful for a few weeks that I can do ****** all :-(.

Ah I'm not the only one with an aversion to that word then! The practice is deeply important, I believe, and has kept me sane (ish!) for well over 40 years; but I hate the jumping-on-bandwagon stuff. Guess I'm a snob ;-).

Rx

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Jan Elisabeth's avatar

Love the poem and this is fascinating --the difference between equilux and equinox is fascinating. I've always kept equinox on 21 (and 21 September) with no idea why -- probably something that stuck from childhood, but feels important to mark despite the innacuracy -- just pasuing and thinking about that balancing point as we head into the light is so refreshing. Thank you!

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Roselle Angwin's avatar

Thank you Jan.

Equinox: I've generally gone with 23 of March/September (my mum's birthday was on one and mine on the other!); but for accuracy of course it moves.

Hope you got my email yesterday. Rx

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