The Daily: 9 February 2026

Last year was hard on this old body. I am learning that meningitis, like Lyme disease and long COVID and all the various herpes viruses, is another one of those things that never completely goes away. The inflammation can flare up whenever you are feeling run down, and it leaves you feeling run down and… Continue reading The Daily: 9 February 2026

The Daily: 12 November 2024

When I was a young adult, I found November difficult, a month of endurance, of feeling increasingly irritable and often ill, incapable of concentration and yet unable to relax, hungry but never an appetite for anything. November brought darkness and cold, but not the snow and peace of winter, lethargy and apathy, but no time… Continue reading The Daily: 12 November 2024

The Daily: 4 November 2024

Winter Sleep Moon and Early Winter A Brown Time... The Hunter's Moon went dark on All Hallow's Day, which also ushered in the new lunisolar year and the new season of Early Winter. The Winter Sleep Moon was new on the Day of the Dead. It will go dark on December 1st which is the… Continue reading The Daily: 4 November 2024