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Christmas

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The Shortest Day And so the Shortest Day came and the year died And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world Came people singing, dancing, To drive the dark away. They lighted candles in the winter trees; They hung their homes with evergreen; They burned beseeching fires all night long To keep the year alive. And when the new year’s sunshine blazed awake They shouted, revelling. Through all the frosty ages you can hear them Echoing behind us – listen! All the long echoes, sing the same delight, This Shortest Day, As promise wakens in the sleeping land: They carol, feast, give thanks, And dearly love their friends, And hope for peace. And now so do we, here, now, This year and every year. Welcome Yule!

Susan Cooper

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Saffron Bread prepped for an early morning Santa Lucia celebration. Dec 13th. 

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Michaelmas time, Michaelmas time, Time is turning under the plow, Under the stars, under the signs, The ploughman toils with deep furrowed brow. He turns his thoughts against the cold, Buries his fears ‘neath the earth’s deep mould, Frost like fire burns white on the blade, Of his iron share that red fire made.

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All Hallows' Eve

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Hauling the Voluntary

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Trail markers. 

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Sculpture Woods

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Love Letters: Portland, Maine - The Huffington Post

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Autumn

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Final sail of the season.

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As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean

-The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Dog Island to starboard

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wind down

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The Good Life.