Autumn Equinox

Thanks to Gilbert for the Amazing photo

Say goodbye to summer, hello to Autumn.

Any way you like. How about this:

Go for a walk. Pick some blackberries. Try not to eat all of them and save a few for something tasty that night.

Go over the summer in your mind. Think or talk it through. Think of all you are glad of. Gather up a little gathering to represent that. Maybe a piece of long grass, heather or twig for every experience you are glad of. Make it somehow as an offering. Thank you.

Have the last wild swim of the summer. Watch the sun go down and say goodbye.

Make a big fire. Find music and dancing. Maybe it could be an equinox party at a campsite like wowo and one could gather musician friends and drummers and have a play and a dance around the fire. The musicians would need to be pretty good though! No 'no woman no cry' on the guitar, not at the high point of the evening. Needs Energy. Celebration. :)

Make hot apple cider with cinnamon, some kind of autumn nosh, maybe squash and black bean stew with dark greens or something, and maybe something with apple and blackberries for pudding.

Maybe, lay the end-of-summer offerings you've made around the fire at the start of the evening.

In the lead up to the equinox, look towards autumn. Get a grasp of your situation. Figure out your themes and priorities for the coming season.

Now, on the equinox, look toward them and say hello. Somehow.

This Autumn my themes are:

Austerity
Wise working
Sweet tenderness