Tag: candlemass

  • Candlemas Bells

    If there were a flower for prophecy it would be the snow-white bells arriving early in time for Candlemas arrogant even a brash flower cutting through the cold earth it comes resilient, hardy. Beauty beguiles its strength. Amidst the darkness expectant of the warmth to come our instinct is to light candles. An incandescent dream.…

  • Candlemass

    Half-way out of the dark?  So The Doctor proclaimed on Christmas day, now we are half way out of the dark, Candlemass marking the halfway point towards the spring equinox.  Always a time for celebration and an appropriate time to make a promise for the year,  much better than at the turn of the year…

  • Epiphany

    It’s still Epiphany – two weeks to go, so why are people in so much of a hurry to take down the seasonal decorations? – I’m holding out for Candlemass…