Halloween is nearly upon us, gentle readers, and for me this year, that means celebrating Samhain – the Pagan festival that marks the end of the light half of the year and the beginning of the dark half. Growing ceases and decay and dormancy begin – things in nature that need to die and break down into the earth so…
Month: October 2018
Mabon Wrap-Up: Seasonal Reflection and Gratitude Galore
The great thing about celebrating the Sabbats of the Wheel of the Year is that I jive much more fluidly with the seasonal calendar than I do the Julian one. The bad thing about it is that time seems to fly by within it just as quickly as it does in the traditional calendar! The end of Mabon is upon…
Keeping Mind, Body, and Spirit in Balance with Planners and Journals
As I talked about in my article about The Dark Mother, this time of year always sends my anxiety into overdrive and makes me feel very off-kilter – like walking-on-eggshells-through-a-minefield off-kilter – and it doesn’t help that everybody around me is probably feeling the same way, so they’re just as keyed up and touchy as I am. When my anxiety…
40 at 40 Revisited (and Goals for 41 of a sort)
So yesterday I turned 41 – and again, as my son would say, “So that happened.” When I first thought about going back to my 40 at 40 article from last year to see how I did, I was very reluctant because I am pretty sure I didn’t manage to do a damn thing on the list. Despite how good…
Mabon Musings: The Dark Mother
One of my favorite and most beloved axioms comes from a professor in college whom I could not stand in the least – which always kind of rankles me, but the axiom is SO GOOD that I still hang on to it anyway: There has never been a Winter without a Spring. No matter how bad things get, meteorologically or…
Monarch bonus: “Safe Travels” Vehicle Protection Sachet
So my monarch musings inspired a pretty cool witchy craft — since monarchs travel thousands of miles during their migrations, wouldn’t they be a pretty cool symbol for a “Safe Travels” sachet? Why, yes! Yes, they would! I used a pattern from Downeast Thunder Farm for the monarch and made it from felt. (I *LOVE* crafting with felt – it…
Mabon Monarchs
Fluttery greetings, gentle readers! Mabon is a season of marked change, and there’s not much I can think of that symbolizes change better than the transformation of a caterpillar into a beautiful Monarch butterfly. I had the privilege of being up close and personal with a LOT of these lovelies as I raised over 120 to adulthood this summer and…