Well luckily there was another father figure in the room. The very father,
who had seeded the calendar package and other invisible magical scripts, a
wise man - quite a respectable magician. "Legends" he said quietly "you are
creating Legends". Ah Legends they both agreed in unison. "Well there are
four of the sections" the mother said: "EarthSpirit, Gatherings,
Connections, and Legends; but what do we do with the Transitions section?
We had hoped it would announce births and handfastings, but it seems to be
focused on the passing of friends beyond the veil into death." "What about
calling it Ancestors" the second father said. "That works, that's it" the
others cheered "now we have a new pattern for our child."
So the mother took the pattern and began to make new clothes. She took
green from the leaves for the EarthSpirit section, and yellow from the Sun
for Connections. Blue from the Ocean honored the tears shed as our
cherished Ancestors depart, and red for Gatherings from the fires of
physical contact. For Legends, she chose her favorite color, black, the color
of the unknown and the mysteries.
She built and cut and coded day after day, night after night. One hundred
and sixty-four pages, hundreds of images and a multitude of e-mails later;
she saw the shape becoming whole. She even added a WebMap for new visitors
and to make easy navigation for all.
Then, just as she was almost ready to show the new pruned and clothed vision
of their child, the fathers came to her and said "It needs to be moved to a
new home." "Where?" she asked. "In California" they replied. "But I am in
Boston, how will I care for it so far away?" she cried. "Do not worry,"
they told her "we will help you move it, and give you a little black dog
called 'Fetch' to help you mother our child." "But I was hoping to have it
seen for the first time on Beltane, when the veils are thin so that the
ancestors and fey folk might give it their blessings." she sighed. "We will
have it done by Beltane" stated the first father. And she knew it would be
so.
They worked hard and long and even covered the new look in "tar" so that it
would travel well. Travel it did, April 30th on lines of fire and spirit
through Cyberspace coast to coast, from Boston all of the way to
California. When it arrived there was a little dust and a little shape
adjustment, but the brave new pattern had been built well and it stood the
trip. The family was proud, while they tested and tweaked the new shape in
its new home.
An then - on May 1st, 1997 - on Beltane, the new EarthSpirit Web redesign
and relocation was announced to the world of Cyberspace and beyond. It is
there for you to see it at http://www.earthspirit.com and it is still
growing in its new shape, changing almost every week.
Come visit, come browse, there is much to see and learn at the EarthSpirit Web.
© Moira Ashleigh 1997
