Bad 'Isms
Today, a Facebook friend of mine, shared a blog post from two years ago in which she wrote about how retailers were bombarding us with Christmas just as Samhain/Halloween was winding up. (You can read...
View ArticleSo It Ends, So It Begins
I awoke this morning to very chilly weather, downright cold actually, and a light snow falling, looking much worse than it is by the gusty wintery wind. I stood at the kitchen window, sipping coffee...
View ArticleMusings for a Late Autumn Day
Today I awoke wanting to write. I have nothing specific in mind, no designated topic, no real point to convey but, perhaps by the end of this, it will reveal itself. It's a very busy week here in the...
View ArticleOut With the Old, In With the New
It is finally here! I have been waiting quite some time for this. The final hours of 2013 are ticking away. Oh, thank the Goddess, I made it! It has been quite the year, full of urgency,...
View ArticleWinter Wanderings
It is the day after Imbolc and another day of snow is here at the Village Wise Woman Gardens. It's really coming down out there, about an inch an hour right now. It's a heavy wet snow, not the lighter...
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"It's a Major Award" or Two
I received some really great news a couple of days ago. My friend, Vickie, who has a wonderful blog over at Aoibheal's Lair, nominated me for two blogger awards - the Awesome Blog Content Award and the...
View ArticleJust Hang In There
Believe it or not, Winter is waning. I even find it hard to believe myself at times. Each week since Yule has brought either extreme cold or snow accumulations, often both. The most recent storm to...
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Review: Saga's Cottage Etsy Shop
This is not something I usually do but something I would like to do more often - to help promote the work of some awesome Pagan artists and crafters, bloggers and authors, all of whom I respect and...
View ArticleIt's So Green In Here
My son walked in after school on Tuesday, a long-awaited forecasted 65-degree day, and looked around. "It's so green in here! Why is it so green in here?" he asked. I asked for some clarification....
View ArticleSpring Has Sprung
It has finally arrived! Spring is here and I feel like a weight has been lifted from me. Winter is fading into the shadows. My heart and spirit are light and my mind is rolling through all of the...
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Review: Eliora's Enchanting Elegance
Many years ago, when I first became a witch, many of my ritual and magickal tools were given to me as gifts. They were all appreciated. But at that time, witchcraft was not as out of the broom closet...
View ArticleFull Moons, Lunar Eclipses and a Garden Full of Magic
There is something so beautiful, so special, and so magical about the first Full Moon in a new season. The world seems to revel in all the colors, scents, and sounds of the reborn season. We are keenly...
View ArticleEvery Day Should Be Earth Day
The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel in it the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it. (from Galadriel’s monologue in The Lord of...
View ArticleA Late April Stroll Through the Village Wise Woman Gardens
If you were to take a stroll through my gardens right now, today, you would find the sage, lemon balm, cat mint, bee balm, yarrow, chives and oregano returning in the herb garden along side newly...
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Gathering Garden Faeries for the Summer Solstice
For me, the Summer Solstice has always been a time of celebrating my garden. I take time to sit back and revel in the fruits of my labor. The long hours and days of digging in the dirt, planting,...
View ArticleThe Last Days of Summer
Tonight, as I stood in my sister's kitchen, chatting about this and that, a scent of wood burning came through the screen door, carried on a chilly damp wind. I closed my eyes and breathed it in...
View ArticleEmbracing The Dark
This piece was originally published in my column, The Magical Gardener, in today's Autumn Equinox edition of the Sunday Stew. Please be sure to head on over and read the entire edition, a fantastic...
View ArticleHappy Little Trees
This piece was originally published in my column, The Magical Gardener, in today's edition of the Sunday Stew. Please be sure to head on over and read the entire edition, a delicious blend of spiritual...
View ArticleWaiting for First Frost
This piece was originally published in my column, The magical Gardener, in today's edition of the Sunday Stew. Please be sure to head on over and read the entire edition, a delicious blend of spiritual...
View ArticleWalking in the Magical Garden with Mom and Dad
This piece was originally published in my column, The Magical Gardener, in today's Samhain edition of the Sunday Stew. Please be sure to head on over and read the entire edition, a delicious blend of...
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