In case you didn’t notice, March has been particularly fickle this year. The month came in more like a polar bear than a lion, and snow systems have alternated with days of rain. The temperature has been about 10 degrees below average, and the wind has been knife-edged. If there has been a good day [...]
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Are you on holiday overload? Here’s a wrap up of some of my favorite holiday stories. The national yule log blazes no more Who knew we had a National Yule Log? For the last fifty years a gigantic bonfire has lit up the southern end of President’s Park during the Christmas season, but The Washington [...]
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Though the temperature is well below freezing in this video, -18 degrees C., there’s really no way of knowing what season we’re seeing. There is no snow, so I think this may actually be a spring ceremony–but we can pretend it’s Yule. According to Wikipedia, the Mari El Republic is “located in the eastern part [...]
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Here it is, Mid-Summer. Some Pagans go out and gather herbs at dawn, some party. The Druids congregate at Stonehenge. Today is the longest day of the year, today the sun turns back–from now until December the days will grow shorter. For some Pagans this is a time of contemplation. There is no light without [...]
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It’s Spring. Most Wiccans refer to the Spring Equinox as Ostara, for a Germanic Goddess of fertility and new growth. Many Wiccans worship the triple aspect of the Great Goddess: Maiden, Mother, and Crone. At the Spring Turning the Maiden conceives and becomes the Mother; in nine months she gives birth to the returning sun [...]
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Candlemas, Imbolc, or Groundhog Day…the days grow longer, and we begin to plan our gardens.
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The new year is here, ready or not. I found this brief animated version of “Auld Lang Syne” on Celestial Elf’s website The Dance of Life. Mind the volume; the bagpipe scared my cat! Robert Burns, the national poet of Scotland, wrote the lyrics “Auld Lang Syne” for a traditional Scottish tune. He was born [...]
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The clock is running out on Christmas. I spent a very pleasant day with my relatives. Before the clock strikes midnight, I offer one more Christmas Carol.
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It looks like we’ll have a Green Christmas this year (which is fine with me). But for everyone craving snow, here’s “Walking in the Air” sung by Peter Auty.
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Officially the Winter Solstice occurs about 11:30 pm CST. I am going to get ready for my little celebration. A Cool Yule and Blessed Be!
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