Dirge Without Music

By Edna St. Vincent Millay

I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground.

So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been, time out of mind:

Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. Crowned

With lilies and with laurel they go; but I am not resigned.

Lovers and thinkers, into the ( Read more... )

Ahhh Beltane.  It’s such a happy holiday, with the dancing and the flowers and the happy, happy people.  Sadly, for this year’s Beltane ritual I felt like I’d been run over by a truck, so my attitude was pretty much “No I will NOT join you in rejoicing in the beauty of spring.  Now will you please take your mirth and merriment and go frolic ( Read more... )

I'm going to stop prefacing every other entry with some comment about how I'm behind schedule.  Just assume that I'm always behind schedule, and in the rare event that I'm on time, or (dare we dream) early, I'll make a point of mentioning it.

Ostara is celebrated on the Vernal Equinox.  The equinox itself was March 20th this year, and I celebrated ( Read more... )