We are just a couple of days away from Imbolc which also happens to be the first day of spring. Back when we were more agricultural our ancestors saw this as the first day of spring. This sounds very weird because every time we think of spring we think of
While it still may be winter we have the opportunity to be hopeful for the return of spring. What a better way to do that than planning our garden for the new year. This time of year is full of seed catalogs, the stores even have the spring seeds available.
In the middle of last summer, my husband and I were talking and we realized we missed one of our niece’s birthdays. Which of course it’s troublesome and realizing that we really don’t have a log at all of those special days we set out to collect the dates of
I must first apologize for my tardiness it has been a very busy week with people in the hospital and being sick. As you can guess extra time is simply unavalable. A day late is better then not at all. At one time the festival of Yule was a 13-day
Well, happy New Year! it has been a very long year but now that we have started a new calendar year we can start to look at things with fresh eyes. Actually, since it is the time of year for rest it’s a good idea to take a hard look
A discussion we had recently at COFF was on Hedge Witchery and the unfortunate redefinition of the term. It has become common practice to consider a hedge witch to be an herbal, green witch, simply that just isn’t true. A Hedgewitch is a person who “rides the hedge” between worlds
We have made it to a new magical year. Happy New Year! We have harvested everything from the field and put them to rest until spring. Carved our Jack – O – Lanterns, tricker treated, and even had our parties. Know with all of that completed we have some time
As this season progresses we are entering the final harvest the time we put the fields to bed. It has become commonplace to revel in all the spooky and fun activities that Samhain has to offer and forget some very important aspects as well that pertain to the agriculture
Let’s begin our season journey with the old classic a jack – o’ – lantern. This fun and wonderful pumpkin-carved face is an American tradition that has its roots in old Irish and Celtic traditions. When the Irish immigrated to the Americas and found the native pumpkin with its hollow
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While it still may be winter we have the opportunity to be hopeful for the return of spring. What a better way to do that than planning our garden for the new year. This time of year is full of seed catalogs, the stores even have the spring seeds available.
In the middle of last summer, my husband and I were talking and we realized we missed one of our niece’s birthdays. Which of course it’s troublesome and realizing that we really don’t have a log at all of those special days we set out to collect the dates of
I must first apologize for my tardiness it has been a very busy week with people in the hospital and being sick. As you can guess extra time is simply unavalable. A day late is better then not at all. At one time the festival of Yule was a 13-day
Well, happy New Year! it has been a very long year but now that we have started a new calendar year we can start to look at things with fresh eyes. Actually, since it is the time of year for rest it’s a good idea to take a hard look
A discussion we had recently at COFF was on Hedge Witchery and the unfortunate redefinition of the term. It has become common practice to consider a hedge witch to be an herbal, green witch, simply that just isn’t true. A Hedgewitch is a person who “rides the hedge” between worlds
