{"id":6424,"date":"2019-09-22T12:04:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T16:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conviviobookworks.com\/blog\/?p=6424"},"modified":"2019-09-23T01:32:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T05:32:41","slug":"balance-the-ember-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.conviviobookworks.com\/blog\/balance-the-ember-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Balance, & the Ember Months"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I go through all the months of the year, content enough and present and engaged, but once we reach September, I perk up a bit more and grow really excited. These are the months I’ve long called The Ember Months, for they end that way in English: September, of course, and November and December. October counts, too; it’s not quite an “-ember” but still concludes in “-ber” and that’s close enough for me. Anyway, October may just be my favorite month of them all. These are the months that bring ripening pumpkins and apples, chestnuts and pomegranates; the months that hold my favorite days: these are the months of autumn. And in these earliest dark night hours of the 23rd of September, at 3:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, autumn officially arrives by the almanac, as our planet reaches its moment of equinox, bringing autumn to the Northern Hemisphere and spring to the Southern Hemisphere.<\/p>\n

It is, as well, a time of balance, bringing pretty much equal lengths of day and night to the entire globe for a few days. These are auspicious days for someone like me, who strives for balance but can never quite attain it. My problems attaining balance are based, I’m sure, on an inherent flaw within me: a seeming inability to say “no.” But I envision this great big earth we live upon, spinning on its axis on its elliptical orbit around the sun, and it is a great inspiration: if this great celestial being can attain balance, perhaps so can I. And certainly there is no harm in the striving. And even for Earth, the balance is fleeting: by tomorrow, night will be longer than day in our hemisphere above the equator. Soon, old friends will emerge in that longer night sky, like the constellation Orion, harbinger of winter. It’s always good to see him. And so I say welcome, old friends. Welcome, autumn. Welcome, Ember Months.<\/p>\n

COME SEE US!<\/strong>
\nWe begin popping up a lot throughout South Florida these last few months of the year. Here’s where you’ll find us next month. More possibilities are in the works for October… to be kept apprised, follow us on Instagram or Facebook: @conviviobookworks<\/p>\n

FLORIDA DAY of the DEAD: OFRENDAS EXHIBITION OPENING<\/a><\/strong>
\nSunday October 6 from 11 AM to 3 PM
\nHistory Fort Lauderdale (inside the historic New River Inn)
\n231 SW 2nd Ave, Fort Lauderdale
\nWe’ll be there with a mini pop up of our traditional Dia de Muertos artisan goods.<\/p>\n

AUTUMN MAKERS MARKETPLACE<\/a><\/strong>
\nSunday October 20 from 10 AM to 4 PM
\nFlorida Atlantic University in Boca Raton
\nLive music, family fun, and lots of great local makers. We’ll be there with a big boutique of traditional Dia de Muertos artisan goods, Shaker herbs & teas, Seth Thompson’s Royal River pottery, and maybe even a little advent calendar preview.<\/p>\n

REAL MAIL FRIDAYS: HALLOWE’EN SOCIAL<\/a><\/strong>
\nFriday October 25 from 2 to 6 PM
\nJaffe Center for Book Arts at Florida Atlantic University Libraries, Boca Raton
\nIt’s a special edition of the Jaffe’s popular Real Mail Fridays letter writing socials, this one with an All Hallow’s Eve theme. Expect good old fashioned autumnal fun plus a mini Makers Marketplace. We’ll be there with a selection of our traditional Dia de Muertos artisan goods.<\/p>\n

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Image: A depiction of the constellation Orion from the<\/em> Prodromus Astronomia, volume III:<\/em> Firmamentum Sobiescianum, sive Uranographia by Johannes Hevelius, 1690.<\/i><\/p>\n

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