The moon goes full at around midnight tonight, I spent the day in the joy that is candle-making.  And now, for the sorrow that falls to seemingly equal or even exceed every pleasure….the list of names released since the last moon phase post.
Spc. William L. McMillan III, 22, of Lexington, Ky. Army - Iraq - […]

Here are the names released of those killed in Iraq or Afghanistan from the first quarter until full moon this month.  My profoundest sympathies to their loved ones.
Pvt. Eugene D. M. Kanakaole, 19, of Maui, Hawaii,-Army - Iraq -non-combat incident
Sgt. 1st Class Gerard M. Reed, 40, of Jacksonville Beach, Fla., - Army - Iraq - […]

The list of names released from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since the last quarter:
Sgt. 1st Class Jason F. Dene, 37, of Castleton, Vt. - Army - Iraq - non-combat incident
Spc. Christopher Gathercole, 21, of Santa Rosa, Calif. - Army - Afghanistan -small arms fire
(this was a Ft. Lewis soldier)
Spc. Justin L. Buxbaum, 23, […]

The list of those who died as a result of war in Iraq and Afghanistan since the First Quarter moon phase (the numbers in parens are simply the posts from the message boards where these are posted as I walk them in):
(1)  In Iraq, all Marines, killed while (as the Marines put it) “supporting combat […]

I was thinking about ranting about Mr. Bush’s fairy tale about giving up golf “in solidarity” of those dying in Iraq, but Keith Olberman did it so much better that I won’t profane his excellent job with my lesser effort.
Instead, I have a little complaint of my own to deal with here. A recent […]

In many primitive societies, the moon is seen as the carrier of the dead—a sort of boat or raft to the great, presumed Beyond.  Now, paganish sort that I am, I don’t know where (if anywhere) the dead go. My experiences since building the Labyrinth incline me to think there is a somewhere; but good […]