A bit of pagan left in me, yet
Jun. 22nd, 2005 11:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sarahmichiganI had a nice, relaxing time at home last night. Lately, I feel like I'm running around almost every weeknight, crazily trying to jam in chores and dinner before some meeting or hangout date. So, it was nice to skip my writing group and just chill at home with a friend while ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dionysus1999 was off gaming. I did a little reading and editing of an manuscript for one of my writing group members while my friend read, and then we played some games. My honey came home and the three of us played a few more games, but then everyone was beat, so my friend went home.
I said to J., "It's the solstice." We hadn't done anything to celebrate or mark it, and it was a bit late for anything elaborate. We put a burning candle out on the driveway, a candle that was a wedding present and which is so huge that it hasn't been completely burned down to nothing even after years of off-and-on burning. We jumped over it from east to west two times. The first time was to let go of things from the past year that we didn't want in our lives anymore. The second time was to welcome in the things for the coming year that we do want in our lives.
It felt good to mark the passing of the solstice. It's always a bittersweet time of year, because the light is lovely, but the days only shrink from here on out.
dionysus1999 was off gaming. I did a little reading and editing of an manuscript for one of my writing group members while my friend read, and then we played some games. My honey came home and the three of us played a few more games, but then everyone was beat, so my friend went home.I said to J., "It's the solstice." We hadn't done anything to celebrate or mark it, and it was a bit late for anything elaborate. We put a burning candle out on the driveway, a candle that was a wedding present and which is so huge that it hasn't been completely burned down to nothing even after years of off-and-on burning. We jumped over it from east to west two times. The first time was to let go of things from the past year that we didn't want in our lives anymore. The second time was to welcome in the things for the coming year that we do want in our lives.
It felt good to mark the passing of the solstice. It's always a bittersweet time of year, because the light is lovely, but the days only shrink from here on out.
