Autumn is a second Spring
when every leaf  is a flower.
-Albert Camus

Dear Friends,
FALL is right around the corner and we will be celebrating it at our Fall Equinox  Celebration this coming Saturday, September 24th from 2-5pm. Please arrive around 1:50 so we can begin promptly at 2pm. We have Georgette Coffey as our facilitator along with Rich Maestas. It will be a wonderful afternoon beginning with a Medicine Wheel, Drum Circle and then Labyrinth Walk . You MUST RSVP 858-487-8885. Go to  EVENTS for more information.
What is an Equinox?
“The earliest humans spent more time outside that we do. They used the sky as both a clock and a calendar.  They could easily see the sun’s path across the sky, the length of daylight and the location of the sunrise and sunset all shift in a  regular way throughout the year. Our ancestors built the first observatories to track the sun’s progress. One example is a Machu Picchu in Peru, where the Intihuatana Stone has been shown to be a precise indicator of the date of the two equinoxes (Spring and Fall) and other significant celestial periods. “Intihuatana,” literally means
“for tying the sun.”
Intihuatana Stone

Equinox  means “equal.” At this time earth’s two hemispheres are receiving the sun’s rays about equally. Night and day are approximately equal in length.
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