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photo by Rebecca Smith Smith No, this doesn’t count as a post but I’ve discovered that there are people who read the blog who don’t do Facebook.  I woke this morning, pondering the changes all around us–from Springtime to fracking, we are...

Amidst the Magic and the Snow

Last weekend, I was in Maryland, by way of the long and lovely Shenandoah Valley. We cam up through a light drizzle that fell on the fields of snow remaining from the snowfall the week before.  As always, the drive is beautiful and far too long but the company was...

The Omens of Snow, the Blessings of Fire and Ice

We’ve had some formidable days this bleak and educational February.  I have always found that the shortest month always seems longer than summer and usually attribute it to my birthday in early March. This February has been unduly long and we’ve had the...

Imbolc, with the Littles

As you may have gathered from my recent post, I rather love the upcoming holy day and the Divine whom it honors. I want to share with you some of the fun Brigid things we did as my daughter was growing up.  Some of it is old lore made fresh, some of it is new.  I...

Imbolc is Coming

It’s time now to move all the Brigid stuff from the South altar and honor our gold-red Woman.  We’re big on our Bridey at Mother Grove–She’s one of the reasons we decided to work on creating a Goddess temple here. Years ago, in the basement of...