365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Solver Of Problems
Day 21: Among other things, the Hindu deity Ganesh is known as a remover of obstacles and problem solver. My mother revered him highly, and when she passed away, I kept a selection of her representations of him and, in her honour, occasionally offer him flowers or incense. While I do not believe in a higher power of any sort, it never hurts to hedge your bets. I set up a temporary shrine yesterday, brought in one of the last snapdragon spikes although it was covered with a film of ice, lit a cube of pine incense and placed it in an antique burner before him. Ganesh, your intervention is greatly needed on this day.
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remover of obstacles
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