These late afternoon clouds over Eastern Market look like whipped cream, don't they?
The last half of January on the American midatlantic east coast, though gloomy and cold, is a time of gentle quickening. For those who pay attention, it is barely possible to tell that the light is returning. For instance, yesterday at 5:30 p.m. it wasn't quite dark. And though Brother Wind continues to blow sharp and metallic (as he has all winter), somehow he doesn't seem as angry as before solstice. Maybe even the wind has been trying to help me remember to breathe, who knows?
The few precious minutes of extra light, as well as the monumental gift of breath, (oh yeah!) has shifted everything, both physically and emotionally. I had a busy night of dreaming, but the dreams were very productive: shabby buildings were in the process of renovation, happy weddings were taking place, I was surrounded by loving friends from every era of my life. For the time being, the nightmares have vamoosed.
I must remember to be more cautious with dragons. They are wild, after all, and unimaginably powerful. Standing outside on a cold winter night, gazing at an eclipsed moon, being pierced through by a dragon-arrow? What was I thinking? Sometimes the shamanic lifestyle is way too crazy. Oh well, it's all over now. Onwards to the last half of January, and beyond. Shalom.
13 comments:
Yes, Reya, every minute of light counts!
Renovations...they never end, do they?
Love this post,and love knowing you'll be careful with the dragons in the future...of course, I'll believe that when I see it!
btw, I think the shadow in the second image has a bit of a dragon in it...lovely.
Yes it does! What an eye you have.
i feel you do not fear dragons,,lol, but I am glad to be on the weaning side of winter. Snow on the ground in Texas for a week makes me crazy(-ier..perhaps).
I felt the extra zip in your step, this morning,,,
glad to see you are breathing deeply and feeling well.
Glenn I SHOULD be afraid of dragons. Sometimes I am stupidly macho ... or ... crazy? I bet the snow is difficult for you. It will soon melt. The spring in my step is a foreshadowing of the arrival of spring. Oh yeah.
I'm glad things have settled down for you. My own dreams were a little disturbed last night though I don't remember anything about them, just a vague feeling of things not done or missed or not given needed attention. I don't know. And though the days are lengthening it's also overcast most of the time so the net result seems to be less light! winter is settling in I think for at least the next month.
yes, breathing in and out is good...
love the shadow play on the wall
there: from the school of dolphins in the background of the clouds in the first photograph to the light that casts the shadow of a hanging plant. stuff gets itself out of the way and is other.
here: there's been a lot of light where i am, a fair bit of snow also and somewhere in there the thin wind that blows from the north - the winter, the real winter that i can get inside and become a part of is here. steven
Winter wind IS thin, rail thin, wiry. How cool. I love the way you think, feel and articulate, STeven.
Yes the light is encouraging and every day we are closer to Spring. So glad you are moving on happily<3
Must be the day for writing about the changing times. Sometimes subtle, sometimes not so much; always changing.
To turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come round right. - Shaker Dancing Song
Mmm, whipped cream.
Oh every second of light gained - precious, adored, counted and treasured.
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