Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
for 31 December 2022 First, I want to say: Happy New Year! And now, here's a bit of grumbling about what that entails for way too many people... Among other excesses... The last few days of the secular calendar are sort of lost on me. I do not celebrate these holidays in the same terms… Continue reading The Daily
for 24 December 2022 Have you noticed that though worldwide post-agricultural cultures are mostly decidedly patriarchic and grossly misogynistic, much if not most of ritual, imagery, and myth is centered on women? The major pagan celebrations largely honor female deities, or, if they are male, then they're only vaguely human-like with substantial animalistic elements. The… Continue reading The Daily
for 23 December 2022 The nearer the new moon to Christmas Day, the harder the winter. — folk wisdom quoted in The Hedge Witch Book of Days by Mandy Mitchell Elliott The moon was dark at 5:17am this morning. Just because it seems pertinent, I'm going to note that both the moon and the sun… Continue reading The Daily
for 22 December 2022 The day after the year's longest night... In the northern traditions where Yule is rooted, this is the time of year to think on the ancestors, particularly the Mothers, those who grew and passed on the wisdom of life. I thought today might be a good day to show gratitude toward… Continue reading The Daily
for 21 December 2022 Green Man in the cold morning light Today, 21 December 2022, the sun appears to stand still at its most southern point at 4:48pm. We call this period of slow change, where day length changes incrementally and then not at all, the solstice, the “sun pause”. In the Northern Hemisphere, this… Continue reading The Daily
for 19 December 2022 Some of the responses to the last couple essays inspired a bit more thinking. I decided to share it because that's sort of the point of this writing, communication. Back and forth. If all I wanted to do was to blurt out my thoughts, I'd choose a lower effort medium, like… Continue reading The Daily
for 18 December 2022 Happy Hanukkah! The other person with my name teaches music and vocal performance down in Boston. We got to know each other through arranging for domain names a while back. Some years ago she acquired a moose menorah. Since then, finding another one has been a goal of mine. Not that… Continue reading The Daily
for 17 December 2022 Io, Saturnalia! Let the dancing begin! Two feet of snow... that's the beginning of the Midwinter revels here in central Vermont. Two feet out there and snow still falling heavily over the entire state. I have tickets to the Nutcracker tonight. I wonder if that's going to happen. The plow guys,… Continue reading The Daily
for 16 December 2022 A short rejoinder inspired by numerous responses to Negative Feedback. Type in "percent transportation on renewables in the US" into Google and this is the top figure in the search results: 17% in 2020. (Note: I'm using the US because there are easily obtainable data and because the US is a… Continue reading The Daily
for 15 December 2022 Wasn't I just complaining about the unseasonable warmth? I take it back... It's 7°F as I type this. The heater has been running near continuously. Skies are dark and low, with the tops of the western mountains lost in cloud. There is snow on the ground, but it's grey also. However,… Continue reading The Daily
By My Solitary Hearth 