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mathrocker Aug 21, 2005 23:37:35
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Stonelifter, I almost forgot to answer your question. I live in Seattle USA. We are one of the northern most cities in the US, but not as far north as people living in northern Scotland(or England for that matter). I will be sure to keep an eye out on the 22nd of October, but I am sure it will not look as cool as it would to people in the UK and Ireland. As a matter of fact not many people in Seattle are aware that there are megalithic sites in the UK other than Stonehenge. We have a few of Aubrey Burl's book in the Seattle public library, but not many people check them out. I have, on more than one occasion, stunned a few people with this knowledge. Strange isn't it?

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moss Aug 22, 2005 09:18:03
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Not to subvert the thread, but the harvest moon is with us now, and Photobabes photo of Silbury Hill is a reminder. Also saw it on the Friday night, large and very brilliant against the dark sky, and early on saturday morning it was still there pale and gray in the sky opposing the sun as it came up.
Which reminds me of something I read over the weekend - Tibetan sky-burials, when the physical remains are placed on stone and prepared and then the vultures are allowed to eat (won't go into gruesome detail) but it is a harmony of death and rebirth and acceptance that the natural world goes hand in hand with our human mortality..