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Blessed Solstice, gentle readers, from your local[*] Atheo-Pagan![**]
The light is now at its peak, as we move into a different phase of the year. A good time to sweep away the old messes and move on to bright new beginnings.
To that end, I have been doing a bit of housecleaning today. Besides the spiritual relevance, with all our recent travels the Flat With No Name really needed it! Just now, as I was enjoying the cool Summer evening air whilst I carted some rubbish out to the bin, I noticed that the house across the street has a large shark protruding from the roof!
Of course, this is not news. The Headington Shark, which lives across the street from me, is well known and has been for decades. Still, as is often the case, something familiar can fade into the background, until you don't see it anymore. Although it took a fair bit of time, for something as unusual as a roof shark, eventually this did happen.
Thus, when I noticed the shark once again tonight, I was seeing it was fresh eyes and appreciating it for the smile-inducing oddity that it is. That smile grew in the cool evening air and reminded me that -- here in Oxford, living next to a shark -- I have a most excellent life. I have a fantastic job, I have an utterly amazing life-partner, I have several other lovely partners on both sides of the pond, I am blessed with many awesometacular friends[***], I share my life with four adorable cats. The list goes on and on... This knowledge is also susceptible to fading into the background at times, or being overshadowed, so it was very good to actively remember it.
Happy Solstice, my dear friends. May it bring many wonderful new beginnings...
[*] Or not so local!
[**] That's me! (Just in case it wasn't obvious)
[***] That's you! (Just in case it wasn't obvious)
The light is now at its peak, as we move into a different phase of the year. A good time to sweep away the old messes and move on to bright new beginnings.
To that end, I have been doing a bit of housecleaning today. Besides the spiritual relevance, with all our recent travels the Flat With No Name really needed it! Just now, as I was enjoying the cool Summer evening air whilst I carted some rubbish out to the bin, I noticed that the house across the street has a large shark protruding from the roof!
Of course, this is not news. The Headington Shark, which lives across the street from me, is well known and has been for decades. Still, as is often the case, something familiar can fade into the background, until you don't see it anymore. Although it took a fair bit of time, for something as unusual as a roof shark, eventually this did happen.
Thus, when I noticed the shark once again tonight, I was seeing it was fresh eyes and appreciating it for the smile-inducing oddity that it is. That smile grew in the cool evening air and reminded me that -- here in Oxford, living next to a shark -- I have a most excellent life. I have a fantastic job, I have an utterly amazing life-partner, I have several other lovely partners on both sides of the pond, I am blessed with many awesometacular friends[***], I share my life with four adorable cats. The list goes on and on... This knowledge is also susceptible to fading into the background at times, or being overshadowed, so it was very good to actively remember it.
Happy Solstice, my dear friends. May it bring many wonderful new beginnings...
[*] Or not so local!
[**] That's me! (Just in case it wasn't obvious)
[***] That's you! (Just in case it wasn't obvious)
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