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I spent a huge chunk of today convinced it was Thursday. Hubby worked overtime on Tuesday (his work week usually starts on Wednesday). It was just enough to completely throw me for a loop. But somehow I managed to put together a quick graphic for today, inspired by a post on The Smart Witch Facebook... Continue Reading →
Okay, technically the new moon on May 18th won't be spinning, but it's the same day Mercury goes retrograde (for the second time this year), so I mashed up the two events into one blog post title. *grin* Again, since this is National Photo Month, I'll let my pictures do the talking - Bright new... Continue Reading →
In keeping with the National Photo Month theme, today's Witchy Wednesday is simply a picture I took a few days ago. I paired it with a quote from Rainer Maria Rilke, making it kind of a witchy picture (because what's more witchy than trees? *grin*). Bright Wednesday blessings to all! “If we surrendered to earth’s... Continue Reading →
On Friday, that magical bookend to Samhain arrives, amidst the chilly New England version of Spring. There are a bazillion sites out on the interwebz with information on the holiday (one of my personal favorites is The Smart Witch), so I decided to put together a simple graphic, and include a brief blurb from another... Continue Reading →
While the original Earth Day was founded by Christian peace activist John McConnell and put into action mostly by students around 1970, it's a natural fit for witchy types like myself. The day kinda snuck up on me, so I didn't have anything planned, but I managed to do a few of things. First, I... Continue Reading →
After I discovered Wicca through Scott Cunningham's books back in the early 90s, I expanded my quest for witchy knowledge, and bought (along with Uncle Bucky's Big Blue Book), Margot Adler's Drawing Down the Moon. While Cunningham had an easily accessible way of connecting with the reader, Adler came across (to me, anyway) as a... Continue Reading →
Even after nine months of healing from years of undiagnosed deficiencies, I still find myself saying on a regular basis, "Wow, it's been so long since I've been able to..." I'm realizing that it's not just that my energy level was low - it's more like the energy that is fundamentally me was muted, and... Continue Reading →
The full moon in April is usually called "The Growing Moon" or "The Pink Moon," but because we're also having a total lunar eclipse when the moon turns full on the fourth, it gets to be referred to as the much more dramatic sounding, "Full Blood Moon" (not to be confused with the name for... Continue Reading →
Sometime in the early 90s, hubby found a book called, “Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner" by Scott Cunningham. We were just beginning to explore the idea of Wicca, in those dark days before the interwebs, and weren't exactly sure what it was all about. I started reading it that night. For the first... Continue Reading →
A more accurate title would be, "Simply Ostara with a New Moon in Pisces and a Solar Eclipse to boot." However, that doesn't flow off the tongue quite as well. It does demonstrate how I sometimes manage to make simple things more complicated than necessary, but I'm learning to pull myself back to the side... Continue Reading →
Even though my family is many generations removed from the Emerald Isle, I always took great pride in my Irish surname. I was born a Cavanaugh, so St Paddy's Day was always a fun way to show my Bród na nGael. When I first began exploring Wicca and Paganism, I was completely dismayed to discover... Continue Reading →
Today, thanks to the power of the interwebs, I discovered the full moon tomorrow night is called (among other names), "The Crow Moon." This makes me ridiculously happy, especially given the new friends I made this winter. This is what the unlikely-but-extremely-helpful-witchy-knowledge source, also known as the Farmers' Almanac has to say about the full... Continue Reading →
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