The Home, the HearthWhen moving into a new space, I do the cleaning first. This means smudging every corner, the way my mother taught me, placing an old penny above the doorways, leaving salt in the corners of the kitchen, walking the house with the idol of She-Who-Protects-The-Home, leaving sea-glass wrapped in copper hanging in the windows- all the little charms and rituals that I’ve been doing for house blessing my whole life. …