Last Thursday was the first full moon of Spring. It is a time where friends recite stories of deliverance out of bondage and stories of resurrection. It is a time when other friends talk about the seed moon or wind moon and celebrate fertility of a reborn earth.

It is a time of spring’s first gold, in waving fields of daffodils and burgeoning branches of forsythia, and I imagine my friends celebrating the wind moon out in the silvery light gathering this gold.

Whatever your tradition, this is a time of change. My sleep has been tempestuous and filled with strange dreams. I feel called to spend more time working on various technological projects; expanding my working Matlab, adding R to the mix and exploring other technologies. I feel called to work more on the craft of my writing. I feel called to spend more time exploring what is emerging in social media with my GraphViz explorations, my ideas for social network contact management, and testing new systems like Elgg. I feel drawn towards more work in citizen journalism and civic activism, finding ways to be more involved and help others become more involved. One dream even seemed to be a very clear call to study group psychotherapy in a more formal way.

Of course, the old Russian proverb, chase two hare’s, catch none, comes to mind. But then again, chasing hare’s might not be the metaphor to use around the First Full Moon of Spring. So, I’ll explore different ideas and see where they take me.