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Honoring Our Ancestors as fall sweeps over Portland, turning leaves to bright colors, and bringing the rains with it. Candles fizzled in the rain drops, and Trick or Treat Halloween goers were cautioned by parents to beware the candles (some came for candy, some gazed wide-eyed at the glowing altar). In honor of Dia De Los Muertos / and continuing through All Saints Day – we and this altar held our ancestors in reverence. We laid out the leaves, in forms, shapes, and ways. Flowers too found their bright offerings. Small dishes of loved one’s favorite foods were carefully measured out. Ganesha properly dressed presided over the affair (we hear it was a good one) – holding the gateway of life and death . . . Continue reading
Last weekend I was able to make it out to the pumpkin carving festivities that Sarah puts on every year at one of the Beacon Rock Buildings. They had a fire roaring inside, with soup on the metal top of the fireplace. Big bowls filling up with pumpkin pulp/seeds/guts and a sink to wash them slimy hands. Plus some 