autumn and the sword
I consider October 31st, Halloween, just an arbitrary calendar date set for convenience.... but Samhain, the true cross-quarter of the season, happens on November 7th, at 5:56am (here in my neck of the woods). To this effect, I've put in for vacation time then and will hopefully be in a tent somewhere out in the Pisgah National Forest. Coming along for the adventure will be both editions of SevenStar's Samahin Decks of the Bastard, The Wild Unknown, and possibly DeMarco's Halloween Oracle.
Love this time of year !
Michael
That sounds gorgeous, Michael!
I'm not sure about my plans yet. October 31 into November 1 is the beginning of NaNoWriMo and we have a tradition of beginning our writing at midnight. I will probably do a Samhain spread for myself. I'm not sure yet what else.
I did look up when the cross-quarter days are this year and have planned to observe for the entire time between the "traditional" date of celebration and the mid-point. I like the idea of taking several days to contemplate what the holidays mean to me. As you can probably imagine given my handle, autumn is also my favorite time of year.
-- Meranda