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How are you spending the summer solstice?
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on June 17, 2009, 07:37:39 pm ---Maybe you shouldn't be so quick to rid your clothes of their smoke and mountain sage and sweet salty stink! :)
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I agree. I like a smoky, woodsy smell. :)
Front-Ranger:
The Summer Solstice quickly approacheth!! Surely more than three people will be celebrating!!
The SS weekend began with a bang last nite as Denver Brokies gathered to grill and gab, folllowed by a high definition screening of our favorite film!! My first reaction upon seeing it again after many months was how beautiful Ennis and Jack were (beauty tinged with tragedy is more beautiful still). And then my next thought was, oh, it's going by so fast!! Just like my year of heaven did.
The sound system at my friends' house was so excellent, that I caught all the murmurings in the Dozy Embrace, and there are many! Also, at a couple of times, I got angry with Ennis and starting yelling at him during the movie! Losing my job and realizing how insignificant work is in the grand scheme of things has given me a new perspective on Brokeback Mountain.
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: atz75 on June 17, 2009, 11:27:55 am ---I actually voted for "watching BBM." It's been a while for me and the mood is striking me to see it again... especially today for some reason. But, I'll wait for the weekend.
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Well, somehow my determination to watch BBM slipped away by the time the weekend arrived. I think I still need to wait for a while more before I watch it again. So, I'm going to watch Tipping the Velvet tonight instead.
Front-Ranger:
Sounds good, friend. You should never force yourself to watch it! Hope you enjoy Tipping!
Jeff Wrangler:
Today is the 24th of June, the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. Once upon a time, due to errors in calculation, it was believed that today was the Summer Solstice. The day was celebrated with bonfires to ensure that the sun would return, as from now on, in the Northern Hemisphere, the days inexorably begin to grow shorter, until the Winter Solstice in December, the shortest day of the year. When Christianity gained power, it usurped the ancient pagan celebration of the solstice and substituted the birthday of John the Baptist to make it easier for pagans to accept the new Christian dispensation. Obviously no one knows on what day of the year John the Baptisit was born.
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