Blessings Darlings!
I started working in the garden today. I have to move fast so I can get early spring crops in, well, in early spring. I didn’t finished putting mulch down to smother the grass last fall, so I have to do it(…)
Draoi Draíochta
I have several blogs that I enjoy reading on a regular basis; one of these is Nimue Brown’s blog on her Druidic path. Yesterday I read an interesting post by her about “Druidry And Magic”(…)
EOM
Blessings Darlings!
Have you noticed that the ‘end of money’ EOM keeps coming earlier and earlier compared to the “end of month” EOM? Here, where we’re supposed to get 2 paychecks a month, we’ve only gotten 2 1/3 since November 1. (…)
Healthy Eating
Blessings Darlings!
So it’s noon, and so far I’ve eaten the way …. sigh …. the way I feel I should be eating all the time. Brunch was one small left over cubed baked potato, leftover home-canned green beans, diced onion and red(…)
Charm Against the Evil Eye
The Carmina Gadelica has a series of charms which all deal with the evil eye, that is the curse laid upon a person by another who wishes them ill or looks upon them with envy. This one is my personal favorite(…)
Just A Job
I looked for the reason I came, but I didn’t see the woman I’m supposed to rescue. Dammit. I have to get inside the compound then. I have to attract the attention of the woman’s helpers, but without attracting the attention from the Madame herself.
Let’s see, what could a woman do in the deep South that wouldn’t be out of place at a Vodun style of ceremony?
Fall the fuck out, that’s what.
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Removing the dross
I smile as I see the buttercups in the yard waving their perfect blooms as if spring is already here. The warmth as of late belies the fact that the calendar says there are several more weeks until it’s official. It’s one of my favorite seasons..all(…)
A Djinni Or Two
“Madam Ravenfeather, two guests wish an audience with you, should you be so inclined.” Jill’s voice was completely emotionless, nearly devoid of inflection. I had to hold a sip of coffee in my mouth to keep my own tongue.
When she did not turn to gesture towards the guests I scanned the floor. Near the front, two tables away from the door, were a pair of women watching me with the same intensity as Jill’s formality. The café is in a more tolerant portion of the City, to see a mix of ethnicities and religious displays in public was the norm. (As long as you were human.) So to see the women in head to toe covering was not unusual. I glanced at them coming in, noted the jeweled head scarf and jeweled veil, and thought nothing of it. But now they were looking straight at me.
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Thoughts on Boudicca and Hero-cults
“When the going gets tough, the tough channel Boudicca” – T-shirt wisdom If you ask me who my favorite historic person is, or which one person in history I’d like to meet, I would answer Boudicca. Ever since I first heard her story(…)
A Demon Or Two
They aren’t demons, they’re djinn. The corrected story can be found at “A Djinn Or Two“.