Why halcyon days?

Well first, halcyon is just a cool word to say (and type for that matter).

It has a couple of main sources for me, the first of which is summed up in the Walt Whitman poem on the blog homepage.  To me, halcyon days are the best days of your life, as looked at in retrospect.  They are carefree days gone by that cannot be recaptured, but can be relived in your memories.  They are usually remembered in an idyllic way that is a blur of reality, but that is what makes these memories special.

The second meaning I only recently learned, but I was fascinated to read about the Greek myth of Alcyone. She was the daughter of Aeolus, the ruler of the winds.  She threw herself into the sea for love (questionable move there). Out of grief, her father calmed the winds for a two week period every winter solstice.  This mythical calm period is also symbolized by the Kingfisher, a bird that is mythically associated with the weather.

To me the halcyon days are the formative days of your life that play a large part in determining your ethos, your interests, and ultimately your life's path.  It is from that those memories that much of the source material for this blog is taken.