{"id":5062,"date":"2021-11-01T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T07:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/?p=5062"},"modified":"2021-10-27T23:40:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T23:40:29","slug":"as-the-season-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/01\/as-the-season-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"As the Season Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s now the dark half of the year. Time to light some candles, brew a cup of tea, and snuggle up in front of the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I shall miss the beautiful fall colors. While the trees were putting on a spectacular show I remarked to my husband that we had to enjoy them now, and remember what they looked like because this would soon pass. Like when our children were babies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the dark half of the year has its own virtue. It’s a time of rest and reflection. A time to plan for the warmer months. A time to enjoy the closeness that drives us inside together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I included the last bit of this poem in my book,\u00a0Celtic Wisdom<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, but because of space restrictions I was not able to use the entire poem. Here is the whole thing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My tidings for you: the stag bells,
Winter snows, summer is gone.
Wind high and cold, low the sun,
Short his course, sea running high.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Deep-red the bracken, its shape all gone–
The wild-goose has raised his wonted cry.
Cold has caught the wings of birds;
Season of ice–these are my tidings.<\/p>FROM ‘SUMMER IS GONE’, TRANSLATED BY KUNO MEYER<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What are your feelings about the changing of seasons? What do you look forward to?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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