July 8, 2O24 (Reflecting on October 2023 to July 2024)

Josh,

I imagine by now you’re done reading my last novelesque letter to you.

I wanted to break up this message into two parts because there is so much to…

July 7, 2O24 (Reflecting on June 1st, 2024)

Josh,

It’s been a bit of an excessively long time since I’ve written, and I’ve plenty of excuses.

Some of my reasons are legit where I’ve been simply unable to locate the…

Sept. 22, 2O23 

Josh,

Mabon Blessings, my Friend… 

I saw the first signs of Autumn the other day, with leaves turning orange, yellow, and red.

The evenings are getting chilly now as well, and I found myself wearing a hoodie…

August 19, 2023

Josh,

It was on this day, one year ago that everything changed.

The strong flow we had cultivated together froze like a stream in the dead of winter…

The dreams we held in our hands were startled…

August 1, 2O23 

Josh,

Harvest Blessings!!

The last time I wrote to you was Summer Solstice, a mere month and a half ago, and WOW… 

So much happens in such a short period of time, especially this time of year,…

June 21, 2O23 

Josh,

Solstice Blessings, and even more so, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!  **Technically, it’s tomorrow.**

We are halfway through the year, and less than two months from your death anniversary

You would be 36 this year. So young. Damn.

Usually,…

May 1, 2O23 

Josh,

Beltane Blessings, Buddy.

It doesn’t exactly feel like proper Spring yet, here in New Jersey, but we are getting there.

Buds speckle the branches, rain showers massage the land, and the days grow longer again.

Much…

March 21, 2O23 

Josh,

Ostara Blessings to you , my Friend.

This holiday has a bittersweetness to it for me, as this is the anniversary of my Father’s death.

He passed at first light on Spring Equinox in 2O15, and…

February 1, 2O23 

Josh,

Imbolc blessings, my Friend!!

The first flicker of light has come, reminding us of the returning of the Sun, as brighter days approach.

There were times Winter felt endless. 

The cold seemed to have frozen everything…

January 1, 2O23 

Josh,

I miss you. 

Every day. 

As I sit here,  the one-man-Captain of this vessel, I feel stuck and sometimes lost. 

I never imagined doing this without you. 

And then I ask myself what you would want…