Tag: Vernal
Everything’s Coming Up Springtime
The vernal equinox approaches. Time to step into the light! SECULAR SPIRITUALITY: Author Bart Everson will participate in a discussion with the theme “Can we derive a secular spirituality from the seasons?” from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 17, at the Jefferson Parish Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie. The discussion will be moderated […]
Read More → Everything’s Coming Up SpringtimeI’ll Have the Equinox with a Side of Eclipse Please
This year the vernal equinox coincides with a supermoon and a solar eclipse. We won’t be able to see the eclipse from our part of the globe, but it’s cool to think about nonetheless. Sister Moon is asserting herself at a time usually associated with Earth and Sun. I’m sure you’ve already read my little […]
Read More → I’ll Have the Equinox with a Side of Eclipse PleaseVIRUS 300
Come out Saturday evening to see new work by me at the VIRUS 300 group show. Skewer Gallery, 2315 St Claude, 6-9PM, 14 March 2015.
Read More → VIRUS 300Ten Years of b.rox
Ten years ago today I started writing here at b.rox. I didn’t give much thought to the content of that first post, in terms of setting the tone for the future. I just wrote about what was on my mind at the moment. I’m fascinated by cycles, including the cycle of seasons. In retrospect, however, […]
Read More → Ten Years of b.roxAn Essay for the Vernal Equinox
Today we are celebrating a Spring in the Subtropics and a Spring in the Self.
Read More → An Essay for the Vernal EquinoxStep into the Light
Now we enter that half of the year where the days are longer than the nights. The equinox came this morning at fourteen minutes past midnight. I have to make an effort not to fixate on that single moment. I was asleep anyhow. Better to extend the celebration. The equilux was last Thursday here in […]
Read More → Step into the LightArboreal Equinox
We decided to celebrate the vernal equinox by planting a tree. We just so happened to have a pomegranate tree which was a gift from M. Homan and family for Persephone’s second birthday. Of course, the vernal equinox is traditionally regarded as the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere. It’s a time of year […]
Read More → Arboreal EquinoxVernal Mohawk
In celebration of the Vernal Equinox, I’m bringing the mohawk back. Not the fauxhawk, mind you. I’m talking about the real thing, baby. Bring it back! And while you’re shaving your head, here’s a diverse selection of tunes inspired by the equinox. “Vernal Equinox” from the 1977 album of the same name by Jon Hassell […]
Read More → Vernal MohawkSpring Purification Ritual
I don’t know who came up with the idea of giving up something at this time of year. I first encountered this practice as a part of Christian Lent, of course. I’ve been surprised to learn that many Christian practices actually have their roots in much older traditions, something which I find fascinating and deserving […]
Read More → Spring Purification RitualSpirits of Spring
It’s three weeks until Mardi Gras. I’d been meaning to post something here about masking on Mardi Gras, how it’s pretty much essential to the spirit of the day, how it differs from Halloween, and so forth, for the benefit of my parents who will be coming down for their first Carnival ever. But I’ve […]
Read More → Spirits of Spring