I have a couple longer posts in the works but nothing is quite where I want it to be yet. This morning I was looking through an old notebook I have some poetry in and stumbled across a poem I wrote in early 2007, so I decided I’d share that today while(…)
Indoor Garb – Winter
Blessings Darlings!
I’m sitting here in front of my computer, all cozy. It’s about 57 here in the basement, if I believe the thermometer on top if the CD stands.
The thermostat – one floor above me – is set at 60 most of the day. It’s set warmer for 3 hours in the morning (showering/dressing time) and for 4 hours in the evening (dinner and family social time). Yet, for the most part, we’re comfortable. How do we do this?
View of Witches in Irish Folklore
The final chapter of Kevin Danaher’s book Irish Customs and Beliefs begins with an anecdote from the author’s youth. He relates encountering an old woman named Nellie while on a family vacation in Clare, who, he discovers later, is known through(…)
A Short Poem to Odin as Oski
Hail Oski,
Generous gift-giving God,
Who brings joy at Yule
With wishes well granted,
Weilding wonderous Wunjo,
Bright blessings of joy
In needs more than met,
Hail the Wish-giver,
Hail Oski!(…)
Grinchy holidays
There was a time when I loved holidays. The gathering of family, friends with no other place to go made Thanksgiving a day filled with too much food, tons of laughter, plenty to drink, football, games played. A day enjoyed by all in true southern style.(…)
An Dagda
One of the most well known Gods of the Tuatha de Danann is the Dagda. He can be found under many variations of the name and under many by-names, such as Daghdae, Dagdai, Daghdo, Daghdou, Dagdae, Dagdhua, Dagdhae, Dagda Mor, Dagda Donn and(…)
The Celts
Author: Wolfgang Meid
Publisher: Innsbruck
Copyright: 2010
ISBN:9783851242287
Synopsis: “The Celts” – who were they? Did(…)
Illumination in Utter Darkness
As life churns through some rather intense and tumultuous moments, I find myself hermiting like never before, hunkering down as the winter weather quickly takes Seattle and the great social freeze sets in. I’ve been spending most of my free time making incense in the quiet darkness of my candlelit kitchen. So far I’ve got …
The Four Treasures
“305. There were four cities in which they [the Tuatha de Danann] were acquiring knowledge and science and diabolism: these are their names, Failias, Goirias, Findias, Muirias. From Failias was brought the Lia Fail which is in Temair, and which used to(…)
Long Term Food Storage
Blessings Darlings!
A few months back I wrote a post that was kind of ‘intro to Fern’s approach to long term food storage’. Here’s the link. As I said, it’s an intro – my approach to long-term food storage is calorie based, that is, first I stored the minimum basic calories we’d need, and from there I round it out.
How I round it out is what this post is about.