{"id":2103,"date":"2009-04-08T13:16:31","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T17:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/?p=2103"},"modified":"2020-11-27T17:55:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T22:55:08","slug":"let-the-wheel-come-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/2009\/04\/08\/let-the-wheel-come-around\/","title":{"rendered":"Let the wheel come around"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

redmed<\/a> informs me that there is a Hebrew tradition of celebrating a 28 year solar cycle – when the vernal equinox falls on a Tuesday at Sundown. According to wikipedia<\/a> this represents a return of the sun to the position where it was when the world was made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s worth noting that the Julian calendar messed everything<\/strong> up, and this particular observation is now progressing forward through the week. Welcome to the Wed. edition of a Tuesday celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I’m not a creationist, I do have a certain appreciation for the long, slow cycles of nature. A fortunate human being might get to hear this particular heartbeat three times. Some of us may get to see Halley’s comet twice. Most won’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further, most people pass their lives wrapped up in the minutes and hours … barely getting their heads above water to observe the days or months. Seasons pass without notice – and so a lifetime goes by unobserved and uncherished. In that spirit, I too am celebrating this 28 year cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

28 years ago, I was 5 years old. I was approaching the end of kindergarden, living out in the country as an only child with my two parents. My hair was blond and uncontrollable, and I would tell endless stories out of my active imagination. For amusement, I painted on pennies with watercolor paints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I’m 33 – I’m married and I have two siblings and one parent. Or – by another way of looking – I have three siblings and three parents. I’ve been all the way around the world, and I make a pretty darn good batch of beer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where were you 28 years ago? Where will you be 28 years from now?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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