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Summer Is Here!
There’s not much mistaking it anymore is there? Summer is definitely here! Depending on how you count it, today is either the first day or the midpoint of summer, the longest day and the shortest night. In Britain, the summer solstice has been known traditionally as both Litha and Midsummer, with the former coming from the ancient Celts. Included below is all our content related to the festival as well as various cool tidbits we found around the web. We hope you have a great summer!
--Aryós Héngwis
Litha / Midsummer / Summer Solstice Posts:
- Steven Posch. “13 Traditional Things To Do for the Shortest Night”
- Steven Posch. “The Dance of Oak and Linden”
- Nicole Kapise-Perkins. "Litha"
- Mark Green. “The Sun Broom”
- Cerridwen Greenleaf. “Light My Fire”
- Joanna van der Hoeven. “Lore and Tradition”
- Steven Posch. "A Midsummer Invocation"
- Laura Perry. “Minoan Summer Solstice”
- Steven Posch. “In Praise of Catalpas”
- We’Moon. “Summer Solstice”
- Diotima. "Thoughtful and Committed"
- The Cunning Wife. “The Tree of Summer”
Life Posts:
- Joanna van der Hoeven. “Beltane Rites and Lore”
- Cerridwen Greenleaf. “Bring Luck and Love into Your Life with Jade”
- Steven Posch. “Fathers and Sons”
- Cerridwen Greenleaf. “The Herbalist’s Astrological Almanac”
- Steven Posch. “In Praise of Festival Romance”
- Cerridwen Greenleaf. “Stone in Love”
Light Posts:
Summer Posts:
- Sable Aradia. "Canadian Seasons"
- Diotima. “Hijinks”
- Nimue Brown. “The Season of Second Chances”
- Tasha Halpert. “Simple Summer Salads”
- Erin Lale. “Slavic Summer Holidays”
- Molly. "Welcoming Summer"
Sun Posts:
- Nimue Brown. “Celebrating the Sun”
- Mark Green. "Hail, the Magnificent Sun"
- Colleen DuVall. "In Search of the Sun"
- Molly. “Normal Days and Blue Skies”
Cool Stuff We Found:
- A Few Simple Recipes for the Summer Solstice
- Culture Caravan Brings Thai Heritage to Light
- How To Keep Your Bed as Cool as Possible
- How Modern Dinosaurs Took to the Trees
- Manhattanhenge
- Rediscover the Possibilities of the Pineapple
- Restoring the Body, Mind, and Spirit through Vacation
- One Yellow Bloom
- Outdoor Excursions Await Summer Visitors in Japan
- The Sacred Feminine in Buddhism
- Stonehenge in the Summer Solstice
- Summer Solstice in Ancient Greece
- Sunlit
- Test of Einstein’s Theory Shows the Sun Is Losing Mass
- Welcoming the Mother Goddess in Mauritius
Top image by Arthur Streeton
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