Happy summer! Happy June 24th which many observe as Midsummer Day. This is a beautiful time to celebrate the season and all the treasures that nature abundantly offers. There are loads of internet links inspiring Midsummer fun such as making a flower crown, building a bonfire, playing lawn games, and taking a walk through the dew.
I woke early to take that walk. This week, temperatures are in the 90’s, so my neighborhood in Meadville, Pennsylvania, is sultry and sticky. I set the alarm to greet the day at 5:30, sans the stifling heat wave who was napping.
Georgie, the lab, snouted through yard after yard, inhaling the magical perfumes of wildlife and a trail of elixir left by Midsummer fairies and their unleashed doggies that can fly with their tails wagging as fast as hummingbird wings.
Now, I’d be fibbing if I told you I walked barefoot in the dew. I am rarely barefoot and don’t like wet, grassy feet, but what a sweet image to think of children romping through a field of wildflowers absorbing the night’s nectar.
But I did stick my fingers into my backyard and pat the dew onto my freckled cheeks, chin, and forehead. I dipped again and dabbed my eyelids, nose, and lips. Legend says that washing your face in the dew of Midsummer Day will bring good luck, good health, beauty, inspiration, and protection from the sun (so does sunscreen which I always wear yet still get sun-kissed).
The dew is also said to help loosen any inner knots you might have. Personally, since 2020, I’ve been tangled in weeds of words and old, overgrown vines of stories and poems. The trapped weeds rooted themselves deeply and siphoned my creative drops.
Today, I DEW feel better, renewed at this nearly halfway point through the year. I unknotted, breathing writing onto the page and screen, and hitting share, freckles and all.
If you have some knots, it’s not too late to dip into the magic of the day.
Thank you for joining. Have a day you dreamed of.
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