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Solstice — an explanation of sorts
16Dec25 | 20.43 CST
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michael raven
c: 251216.2043
The season of withdrawing is upon us.
The sun slips lower with each passing cycle and we will soon have the longest night upon us — here, in Minneapolis we will see more than fifteen hours of darkness overnight at solstice, while places like Fairbanks, AK will see closer to eighteen hours of night.
I’ve decided this year to honor this cycle of nature and reduce my online presence over the days leading up to Winter Solstice, which takes place on December 21 — in accordance with the daylight hours and as my professional career allows (I still need to make money to pay bills, after all).
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Solstice — an explanation of sorts

c: 251216.1926

kissing the horizon
she slipsbone pale
fingers slick of hope
at return on the
other side of night
we wave and
give to grave our
many pasts on
black wings
of the crow

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betwixt and between, poetry, rewilding

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beaivi

h…-penny thoughts — 16dec25
16Dec25 | 13.19 CST
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michael raven
c: 251216.1319
Dropping hints.
Again, my head is off in the outer limits where the ozone thins and this might be one of those weirdo (I’m a creep/I’m a weirdo) kinds of subjects to try and hold a discussion around, but I have my personal reasons for asking about people and communicating in hints.
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direct vs indirect speaking, half-penny thoughts, hints, pathetique, sad attempts at humor
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h…-penny thoughts — 16dec25

simple things:

16Dec25 | 11.24 CST

michael raven

c: 251216.1124

simple things:
four different ways
skies and stone
above and below
and those places
left in between

black sheen brow
crossed of blood
cut ashen
i turn my
flint head away

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casting runes — 16dec25
16Dec25 | 09.21 CST
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michael raven
c: 251216.0921
kenaz
```
after pasts go to pyre
burning the longest night
a brand to sear away
open sores left behind
```
A rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.
Today’s rune is kenaz, which has been translated as both “torch” and “ulcer” . It is conceived as symbolic of flame, which is the illuminated creativity as well as the source of purification/healing/cautery. Fire is a a source of transformation and unmaking as well as heat, passion and light. As an ulcer, kenaz can be associated with a fever or inflammation, perhaps a wound which requires healing.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
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casting runes — 16dec25