This wild and weird winter. It has been coldier and snowier than usual in Ireland. And what snow we got was POWDER, instead of the wet stuff that automatically turns our lane into an ice rink. Normally, winter is - should be, OUGHT to be - a time of going within and hibernation. But not the winter of 2018! This first quarter has rocketed. It has jetted through time zones and international datelines.
That's a metaphor actually. I have strayed no further than county Mayo at March New Moon. It's just been very, very busy.
Offering the morning incense in the temple today, I noticed that the altar light was a little out of true. It bugged me.
A good altar is a managed place, set to direct focus and to hold it. How the lamp moved, I don't know. In every moment the world moves, and we move with it.
Terry Pratchett says, If you want to drive a witch crazy, tilt one of the pictures on the wall when she comes to visit and watch her sit there squirming to get up and straighten it.
So there I was, making an offering but thinking about something else. And that's wrong.
Erin Lale
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