Happy Summer Solstice!

Uryoces · 06-21-2003, 12:08 PM

Happy Solstice, everybody! Solstice is a very cool time indeed. Time to put on your best white robes [if one is so inclined], look for rocks to line up with other rocks [clever Amerinds, Egyptians, Chinese, Indo-Aryans, and Pre-Celts!], and smear myself with olive oil and roll around in the yard and make growly noises [why is everyone looking at me?]. There's just something cool about the longest day of the year.

ladysycamore · 06-22-2003, 04:45 AM

You'd never know that today is the first day of summer by the crappy weather here in PA. *sheesh* It's been nothing but soggy weekends for most of May AND June!

Is there such a thing as a "sun dance"? If so, I wanna learn how to do it ASAP!

xoxoxoBruce · 06-22-2003, 09:35 AM

OK, Rho. We did it. Sunny and blue (mostly) skies today. Any other requests?

ladysycamore · 06-22-2003, 05:55 PM

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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
OK, Rho. We did it. Sunny and blue (mostly) skies today. Any other requests?

*laughing* Good job! Now, if we can just get a relatively "cool" summer...

wolf · 06-22-2003, 11:06 PM

Uryoces ... were you by any chance hiding off in the woods at Plastic Forks??

elSicomoro · 06-22-2003, 11:25 PM

You know, I think I saw a guy that looked like him walking along Baltimore Pike...

xoxoxoBruce · 06-23-2003, 04:15 AM

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Now, if we can just get a relatively "cool" summer...

I tried pulling some strings but but I got a frayed knot.

Uryoces · 06-23-2003, 12:49 PM

No, I was no where near the East Coast this weekend. I got caght by the shift rotation monster and had to work this Saturday from 6-2:30. I don't know what the heck it is, but people -- A LOT of people -- seem to think they know me. If I were paranoid instead of narcissistic, it would really bother me.

Here's the pic of me in the members picture thread.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-23-2003, 12:55 PM

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Here's the pic of me

YES, YES that's him officer.:p

Elspode · 06-24-2003, 11:31 PM

We did not one, but *two* rituals for Litha (Solstice, for you non-Pagans) this year. We were invited to do the ritual at Camp Gaea (which is where our annual giganto Pagan Fest is held) last Saturday, and ended up combining our ritual with the drumming festival that was going on, so we managed to work in some groovy drumming to the proceedings. Wish we'd known more about what was going on out there, we could have planned to hang out for the party that surely would have ensued, given the size of the bonfire they lit at the end.

On Sunday, we did our "Wizard of Oz" ritual for our coven Sabbat (we hold open rituals for each of the eight Sabbats, and have anywhere from 30 to 75 people show up on average). We did it in a frequent attendee's back yard, much to the amusement of a couple of neighbors ("I think they're performing Wizard of Oz, Bob"). Thirty people standing in a circle, with several dressed as Dorothy, Glinda, the Tin Man...you get the picture, I'm sure. Our timing was impeccable as it began to rain fiercely as the last word was spoken.

As our post-ritual fun also includes a potluck (and BBQ during the warm holidays), I found myself cooking burgers and dogs in a torrential rainstorm for the next two hours while the other attendees clustered under the covered patio.

Pretty damp for a solar celebration, but we had a great time...

jaguar · 06-25-2003, 12:09 AM

Maybe is nice and warm and summer where you are.
*puts on another jumper*
<add standard not-inUS you insensitve clod rant here>

xoxoxoBruce · 06-25-2003, 04:04 PM

Only 95 (f) today, Jag.

wolf · 06-26-2003, 12:55 AM

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Originally posted by jaguar
*puts on another jumper*

Although I know what he means (I'm enough of an Anglophile) the idea of of Jag putting on a sleeveless dress is rather amusing to me.

jaguar · 06-29-2003, 10:31 PM

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Although I know what he means (I'm enough of an Anglophile) the idea of of Jag putting on a sleeveless dress is rather amusing to me.

You people have wierd clothes names. What do you call a jumper? A sweater?

wolf · 06-29-2003, 10:55 PM

Yep. Or very occasionally a pullover.

06-21-2003, 12:08 PM	#1
Uryoces 2nd Covenant, yo Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pugetropolis Posts: 583	Happy Summer Solstice! Happy Solstice, everybody! Solstice is a very cool time indeed. Time to put on your best white robes [if one is so inclined], look for rocks to line up with other rocks [clever Amerinds, Egyptians, Chinese, Indo-Aryans, and Pre-Celts!], and smear myself with olive oil and roll around in the yard and make growly noises [why is everyone looking at me?]. There's just something cool about the longest day of the year. __________________ The party's over ... the drink ... and the luck ... ran out.

06-22-2003, 04:45 AM	#2
ladysycamore "I may not always be perfect, but I'm always me." Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: In Sycamore's boxers Posts: 1,341	It's summer???? You'd never know that today is the first day of summer by the crappy weather here in PA. sheesh It's been nothing but soggy weekends for most of May AND June! Is there such a thing as a "sun dance"? If so, I wanna learn how to do it ASAP! __________________ "Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some moments when it must be taken." ~Tagline from the movie "Amistad"~ "The Akan concept of Sankofa: In order to move forward we first have to take a step back. In other words, before we can be prepared for the future, we must comprehend the past." From "We Did It, They Hid It"

06-22-2003, 09:35 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	OK, Rho. We did it. Sunny and blue (mostly) skies today. Any other requests? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-22-2003, 11:06 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Uryoces ... were you by any chance hiding off in the woods at Plastic Forks?? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-23-2003, 12:49 PM	#8
Uryoces 2nd Covenant, yo Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pugetropolis Posts: 583	No, I was no where near the East Coast this weekend. I got caght by the shift rotation monster and had to work this Saturday from 6-2:30. I don't know what the heck it is, but people -- A LOT of people -- seem to think they know me. If I were paranoid instead of narcissistic, it would really bother me. Here's the pic of me in the members picture thread. __________________ The party's over ... the drink ... and the luck ... ran out. Last edited by Uryoces; 06-23-2003 at 01:05 PM.

06-22-2003, 11:25 PM	#6
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	You know, I think I saw a guy that looked like him walking along Baltimore Pike...

06-24-2003, 11:31 PM	#10
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	We did not one, but two rituals for Litha (Solstice, for you non-Pagans) this year. We were invited to do the ritual at Camp Gaea (which is where our annual giganto Pagan Fest is held) last Saturday, and ended up combining our ritual with the drumming festival that was going on, so we managed to work in some groovy drumming to the proceedings. Wish we'd known more about what was going on out there, we could have planned to hang out for the party that surely would have ensued, given the size of the bonfire they lit at the end. On Sunday, we did our "Wizard of Oz" ritual for our coven Sabbat (we hold open rituals for each of the eight Sabbats, and have anywhere from 30 to 75 people show up on average). We did it in a frequent attendee's back yard, much to the amusement of a couple of neighbors ("I think they're performing Wizard of Oz, Bob"). Thirty people standing in a circle, with several dressed as Dorothy, Glinda, the Tin Man...you get the picture, I'm sure. Our timing was impeccable as it began to rain fiercely as the last word was spoken. As our post-ritual fun also includes a potluck (and BBQ during the warm holidays), I found myself cooking burgers and dogs in a torrential rainstorm for the next two hours while the other attendees clustered under the covered patio. Pretty damp for a solar celebration, but we had a great time... __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-25-2003, 12:09 AM	#11
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Maybe is nice and warm and summer where you are. puts on another jumper <add standard not-inUS you insensitve clod rant here> __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

06-25-2003, 04:04 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Only 95 (f) today, Jag. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-29-2003, 10:55 PM	#15
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Yep. Or very occasionally a pullover. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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