How do you celebrate Litha?

[In_The_Wind]

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[antiquie]

1. Dancing, eating, vaping.

[In_The_Wind]

3. Wishing I was there instead of here. We are getting a bit of heavy downpours.

Liquid sunshine.

[antiquie]

4. But, but we *want* some heavy downpours!

What was that about life not being fair...

[pinboy3niner]

2. I probably won't dance naked downtown

Not after what happened last year.

[antiquie]

5. So I shouldn't post the youtube link, I guess.

[antiquie]

6. Well, why not...

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. I'm embarrassed to say I had never heard of Litha

and I'm 65 years old. And I'm of Celtic ancestry through both my father and mother. I'm glad I learned something new today.

[In_The_Wind]

10. I didn't remember what it was called until I googled it.

At 66 I still enjoy learning now more than ever because research is so easy.

[Coventina]

8. I celebrate the old-fashioned way, if you know what I mean!

[In_The_Wind]

9. nekkid

[CrawlingChaos]

11. As usual, with the body hummus

[antiquie]

12. It's probiotic and

comes with its own set of yaglama sticks (is it okay to mention those?).
You apparently can get it here.

edit: this was in response to #11 but not worth starting over for

[CrawlingChaos]

13. Yes! The full line of Vermont Pleasures!

I'd love to comment further but I'm afraid I'd be wading into verboten territory.

I found them at the awesome (and very NSFW) Liartown tumblr, so alas, I don't think these are actually available and we'll just have to fashion our own yaglama sticks (watch out for splinters).

[antiquie]

19. I peeked

[CrawlingChaos]

22. Heh, I love those

The social justice kittens were favorites of mine as well.

Also this:

[magical thyme]

14. in bed. I would have liked

to have gone to the Summer Solstice Street Party in Rockland yesterday, but had to work.

I considered going to the Summer Solstice music festival in Portland later today, but the deluge has arrived.

So I guess I'll be doing laundry and maybe mop a floor or two. And nap.

[DFW]

15. Not Seals & Crofts: MARK KNOPFLER!

My wife and I are going to see Mark Knopfler in concert this evening down in Köln (Cologne).

Normally, June 21 is a sad day for me because the days only get shorter from now on until late December, and I am definitely a day person. As it is, one advantage of being in Northern Europe this time of year is that there is still light outside at 10:00 PM. I often leave for work between 4:30 and 6:00 AM, and I love it that I can do that in daylight for a few months. Three hours' flight north of here, the sun doesn't even set for a month. I've been up in Kiruna to see that, and it is some kind of weird. The downside is that in the winter, there is only about 5 or 6 hours of daylight per day, and up in northern Scandinavia, there is none at all for about a month. This is what Norwegians call "mørketiden (the dark time)," and is the time of year when most suicides occur. I can imagine why.

[antiquie]

16. Bringing bananas and reruns.

Bananas must sense the solstice 'cause they harvest themselves. Plus, I miss the good old days of good old music.

(my spouse struggling under the weight)

(favorite solstice show)

[In_The_Wind]

17. We ran out of bananas. All contributions will be gratefully accepted.

bring the banana carrier with you

[antiquie]

20. Excellent choices.

(Insert something really clever here.)

[LiberalEsto]

18. There was a pagan summer solstice service at the UU church on Sunday morning

and it was absolutely lovely.

Solstice blessings to you and everyone!

[In_The_Wind]

21. A message from KMOD:

11:56 AM
KMOD
I love Seals and Crofts
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I'll Play for You, is beautiful, but Summer Breeze needs to be added to your thread. So pretend that I added it.

For you KMOD