Sum sum sum sum sum sum Summertime!  Happy Litha!  Hello, first quarter moon!

I woke just before 5a.m. and groaned, squeezing my eyes shut and willing myself back to sleep, sweet sleep.  Alas, the birds were chirping and the coffee was calling.  One hot cup o’ joe and 5 lives of Candy Crush later it finally struck me that today is the first official day of Summer and marks the longest day of the year for those of us in (most of) the Northern Hemisphere.  Midsummer!  Litha!  Summer, my love.  Oh how I’ve dreamed of this day as the long, cold hours of Winter drudged ceaselessly on while Spring sprung late, kinda pissed she didn’t get her fair share of mild days.  I could blah blah blah and etc etc for many a post about how COLD I was for the first 6 months of the year.  But I shall spare you.

We are also in the first quarter moon phase, so I’m feeling particularly energized and ready to DO things.  Following the cycle of the moon is how I’m rollin’ these days as it just makes so much innate sense to my body.  If you aren’t familiar with the book Lunar Abundance by Ezzie Spencer, I highly recommend checking it out.  As I happened to mention before, the Winter was looooong.  But what got me through was knowing that the Earth inevitably cycles through the Wheel of the Year and learning to track where La Luna is in the sky and where I am in my own head, heart, and body at those times.  So in some ways I must thank Winter and our short-lived and still kinda pissed off Spring for the respite and extra time for self-reflection.

Well, that’s it for this post.  This Summer baby has a full schedule today as the five of us embark on our Great Scotland Adventure tomorrow.

Happy Midsummer, friends!

XO

DMR