Eco-gardening is at its best in The Monday Garden
December 21, 2005, Issue 190A, updated December 25, 2005
WINTER SOLSTICE 2005: The longest night has been marked, since humans learned to count, by a vigil, a burning light burning or other custom. At some point, the European custom of decorating an evergreen tree got morphed into a Christian symbol. Today, forces of intolerance are attempting to morph Christian symbols into symbols of right v. left, and east v. west. Whatever, the tree belongs to all of us, to light our way through the longest night.
PICTURE: Latham Park, Stamford CT December 2005. Electric lights adorn my town's official "Holiday" tree, which is a young, but respectable, spruce the rest of the year. Across the street, is the First Congregational Church. Click here to view same scene in October 2005
CHIRSTMAS AND HANUKKAH 2005: And in the same place, here's the lighting of the Memorah in the rain, after sunset, on December 25, 2005 when Christmas and Hanukkah fell on the same day:
PICTURE: An ancient holy moment is recreated in Latham Park, Stamford CT December 25, 2005
PRAY FOR PEACE
Photo credits: Sue Sweeney © Sue Sweeney 2005