skip to main | skip to sidebar

StregaNola - Stregheria - Nature Speaks

3rd degree Arician Priestess of Stregheria... thoughts, insights, wonderings.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

1st Day of September

We can't usually start thinking about a break in the summer heat until WAY after the equinox. But we've had a rare treat.

"The arrival of September is usually more of a psychological change than a meteorological one in South Louisiana.

But today, the calendar and the weather find themselves in unexpected harmony. It's not exactly sweater weather, but the break in the heat and humidity are enough to make fall seem within reach.

The arrival of a second front in the waning days of summer is golden. And we deserve a cooler-than-expected end of summer after the abnormally scorching, dry weather in June.

Summer has just worn out its welcome by September. School is in session, football teams are playing and everyone is ready for a change -- for weather that actually fits what we're doing. The fact that these weeks are the most active of hurricane season is all the more reason to be impatient for autumn.

We're more than ready to trade mosquitoes for love bugs and afternoon deluges for clear skies and crisp temperatures.

We're glad you're here, September. Why don't you stick around a while?"


Please?
Posted by Nola at 8:36 PM
Labels: Seasons - Fall, Seasons - Summer

No comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Search This Blog

Blog Archive

  • ►  2022 (1)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2017 (1)
    • ►  February (1)
  • ►  2014 (4)
    • ►  October (2)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  July (1)
  • ►  2013 (18)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  February (3)
    • ►  January (10)
  • ►  2012 (34)
    • ►  December (3)
    • ►  November (3)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  March (6)
    • ►  February (9)
    • ►  January (8)
  • ►  2011 (45)
    • ►  December (7)
    • ►  November (3)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  August (4)
    • ►  July (6)
    • ►  June (4)
    • ►  March (6)
    • ►  February (5)
    • ►  January (8)
  • ►  2010 (70)
    • ►  December (11)
    • ►  November (2)
    • ►  October (4)
    • ►  September (3)
    • ►  August (12)
    • ►  July (7)
    • ►  June (3)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  April (2)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (15)
    • ►  January (7)
  • ▼  2009 (83)
    • ►  December (9)
    • ►  November (5)
    • ►  October (8)
    • ▼  September (8)
      • Words of Aradia: Concerning the Elements
      • A candle burning to light the way
      • Hot House Flower and the 9 Plants of Desire
      • Words of Aradia: Concerning Luna
      • Nature Boy
      • Hello Stranger
      • Words of Aradia: Concerning the Act of Rebirth
      • 1st Day of September
    • ►  August (14)
    • ►  July (11)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (3)
    • ►  March (15)
    • ►  February (3)
    • ►  January (4)
  • ►  2008 (17)
    • ►  December (2)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  September (12)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  February (1)
  • ►  2006 (1)
    • ►  March (1)
  • ►  2004 (2)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  October (1)
  • ►  2003 (2)
    • ►  June (2)

Labels

  • Basic Lessons
  • Basic Tenets
  • Books
  • Charge of Aradia
  • Charge of the God
  • Circle Casting
  • Death
  • Definitions
  • Garden
  • God
  • Goddess
  • Grigori
  • Interview
  • Italy
  • Lasa/Lare Shrine
  • Living your Value System
  • Lupercus
  • Magic
  • Moon
  • Music
  • Nature as teacher
  • New Orleans Miscellanea
  • Research
  • Seasons - Fall
  • Seasons - Spring
  • Seasons - Summer
  • Seasons - Winter
  • Tarot
  • Teachers
  • Teaching Children
  • Veglione
  • Web of Life
  • Wheel of the Year
  • Womens Topic
  • Words of Aradia
  • Words of Aradia - Musings

Teaching Tools

  • Training Manual 1 - Italian Witchcraft
  • Training Manual 2 - Hereditary Witchcraft
  • Book: Diana at Aricia - History/Culture
  • Book: The Rotting Goddess - History
  • Book: The Kybalion
  • Book: The Witch of Portobello - Teachers/Life
  • Book: In the Dark Places of Wisdom
  • Book: American Gods - Worship/Egregores
  • Book: Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic
  • Book: Woman with the Alabaster Jar - Words of Aradia, Prophecies, Christianity
  • Book: Black Madonnas: Feminism, Religion & Politics in Italy
  • Movie: What the Bleep - Magic
  • Movie: Calendar Girls - Freedom
  • Movie: Food Inc - Nature
  • Movie: Contact - the slow Nature of Change
  • Movie: What Dreams May Come - Death
  • Movie: Enchanted April - tranformative downtime
  • Movie: Stealing Beauty - Sexuality/Love
  • Movie: Sirens - Sexuality/Freedom/Love
  • Movie: Under the Tuscan Sun - Life/Clan
  • Movie: Practical Magic - There is no Devil in the Craft

Helpful Links

  • Raven Grimassi's blogspot
  • College of the Crossroads
  • Raven's Loft - books & supplies
  • Stregheria.com
  • Leland - Etruscan Roman Remains
  • Leland - Legends of Florence
  • Leland - Gospel of Aradia
  • Frazer - Golden Bough
  • Porta - Natural Magick - (1553-1615)

Web of Life

  • My Plastic Free Life
  • The Italian Tribune
  • Mother Earth News
  • Bill McKibben - 20 years of books
  • Barbara Kingsolver - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
  • Raj Patel - The Value of Nothing
  • Toward a Unified Perspective Inspiring Change
  • Fritoj Capra - The Web of Life

Followers

About Nola

My photo
Nola
New Orleans, LA
I'm a wife, mother, postKatrina recovery activist and the breadwinner for my family. I live in New Orleans and have all my life. But I've also traveled quite extensively. In all my travels I have never found a place as wonderfully interesting as my hometown. It's the most European city in America and definitely has a unique energy. My college training is in the sciences and the scientific approach colors the way I look at things and learn. When I look at what quantum physics tells us today, I have to work really hard not to see the metaphysical connections. As Arthur C. Clarke said, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." I've practiced Stregheria since 1995 and became a 3rd Degree Priestess in October 2007.
View my complete profile

Tarot Card of the Day

get free tarot readings at ifate.com

New Orleans Links

  • 5 Myths about Katrina
  • Levees.org
  • Squandered Heritage
  • Wet Bank Guide

Teaching Children

  • Book - Sunflower House - Seasons
  • Moive: Tarzan - Lupercus
  • Movie: Little Bear-Winter Tales - Solstice Story
  • Movie: Mulan - Death/Lare Shrine
  • Movie: Kiki's Delivery Service - Positive Witch Images