It was strange watching the sun peek over the ridge and noting the time was 8:17 a.m.  The Goddess is weaving a longer and longer train with which to Veil the world until Yule.  Once the sun was up, however, the sky is that amazing color blue that makes you want to dance and sing [...]

This is a time of year when we look to the past.  We flip through the memory book of our mind and note the faces of those that have come before us.  With some, we share the genetic material of the physical body.  With others, we share the spiritual genetics of the subtle body and [...]

The clouds were lying close upon the river this morning.  I sailed over them like a bird as I crossed the bridge, marveling.  The sun lit the tops of the clouds.  From heaven, the world was arrayed in cloth of gold.  And the Universe and I had this conversation.
Me:  “Oh All-That-Is-One, I have learned a [...]

Where is Your Happy?
Did you know that life is about joy?  Children are pure soul-essence, living free and without care, immersed and moving from thing to thing that makes them smile and laugh and celebrate.  At some point, this inner knowing gets overwritten with ideas of responsibility at all costs, living up to expectations, falling [...]

Today, I decided to eat a piece of cheese.  This was special cheese.  It was going to be the first thing I put in my mouth for the day.  It came in a very fancy plastic container that would self-seal and keep the cheese inside from turning into a greasy shingle.
I grabbed the cheese package [...]

Ah, I wish!  Wouldn’t it be lovely to have a beautiful deserted island or quiet mountain hideaway where you could retreat for 3-4 months and just allow yourself to become something new?  Since I have a daughter to raise and work to do, I’m afraid I’m going to have to make do here in bonny, [...]

I’m going through a deep period of introspection and change right now. Here are some of my thoughts.
Someone once told me that praise and blame are both forms of manipulation.  Likewise, how often do we judge the worth of a person based on whether or not we “like” them, or “understand” them, or “agree” with [...]

I signed up to take part in the Climate Change posting extravaganza that is Blog Action Day 2009.  There are some great things being said in many places around the blog-o-sphere today.   I think I’m going to try a different approach.
Everywhere you look, people are talking about climate change and how it has moved from [...]

So I made a list.
Of all of the names people have called me.
Of all the things of which people have accused me.
Of all the labels that people have tried to pin on me.
And I made another list.
Of all of the songs in wonder of me that people have sung me.
Of all the good things for [...]

I had a recent question on how to figure true midnight on another thread about making the Talisman known as Hecate’s Key.  The querent also asked me if the spell would still work if she was “off” in calculating the time.
These are not uncommon questions, so I figured I’d repost my comment here as a [...]