Tag: spring
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Learning to Bow Out Gracefully
5 February 2025. On Retiring at Imbolc On February 1st, I retired after a 44-year career working in the fields of emergency management, risk management, and security/anti-terrorism for multiple Departments and Agencies of the US government. Actually, I missed the 44-year mark by a month. So sue me. This is the first time that I’ve been…
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Welcome Spring
Anthesteria 2024 Today, February 4th, is the cross-quarter day between the Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox. This annual festival is known by some spiritual paths as Candlemass or Imbolc, Oimelc or Brigid’s Day. In my practice, this is the Anthesteria, or Festival of Flowers, and it is linked to the awakening of Dionysos and…