Fill Your High Day Celebrations with Joy and Excitement
I was up late preparing for my protogrove’s Autumn Equinox celebration, and I woke up earlier than usual on a Saturday to continue my preparations. I’m not even leading today’s ritual, although I am...
View ArticleWhat Did You Harvest This Year?
Blessed Autumn Equinox! I spent Saturday celebrating early with my lovely protogrove. We sang, honored the Earth Mother, and feasted on our bounty. I was honored to lead a friend and grovie’s mother...
View ArticleGarden Update: Harvest and Gratitude
As Lughnasadh starts to turn us towards the Autumn Equinox, and as it is the beginning of the major harvests, I find myself reflecting on the successes and failures of our little container garden. Each...
View ArticleMy Autumn Harvest
We already went to the cider mill a couple weeks ago. It’s become an important autumn tradition to my family since we moved up here. The apple cider and donuts are decadent! Photo by Grey Catsidhe,...
View ArticleOn Preschool Offerings and Dark Places
The actual Autumn Equinox felt more like Summer’s last gasp. The leaves were changing, but the heat was intense for September in Upstate NY. It makes me glad that my grove decided to celebrate a week...
View ArticleClearing the Dust
When I woke up this morning, after going about my toilette, I approached my altar, but decided I would hold off on my usual devotional. I felt unsettled, so I went outside. I contemplated yoga, but...
View ArticleA Harvest Prayer
My work through the Initiate Path of ADF has been slow but steady this past year. I may not always be “studying” in the traditional sense, and I may not be as prolific as others in ADF, but I’m always...
View ArticleThree Things Thursday: Growing Food, an Equinox Scavenger Hunt, and a New...
Once more, I’m squishing three mini blog posts together into a big one for your viewing pleasure! Here you’ll find some musings on the Spring Equinox, an activity for you to do with the little ones...
View ArticleProfessor McGillicuddy’s Flammable Notions and Sundries: a Review
I recently received a box of divine smelling goodies from the new Professor McGillicuddy’s Flammable Notions and Sundries*. Crafted by a practicing Pagan of twenty years, the creator lovingly began...
View ArticleFinding Balance
Leaves on moss and mud from the Crooked Creek Preserve. Photo by M. A. Phillips 2020 The Autumn Equinox occurs at 9:30 AM tomorrow where I live, but, truthfully, Autumn has been settling in the North...
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