Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
The ancient world of the Mediterranean and Near East has a great number of interesting mythological beings. Some are related to old gods and tutelary spirits. Some are fairly accurate illustrations of the anxieties of humankind — or maybe mankind, since women didn't have much of a voice. Some are just ludicrous. One of my… Continue reading The Daily: 29 September 2023
The moonrise tonight is the closest to the Full Harvest Moon which happens at 5:58 tomorrow morning. In my part of the world, moonrise tonight is at 6:30pm, a few minutes before the sun sets. This ought to be one moonrise that most of New England can see, though thin clouds might dim the Full… Continue reading The Daily: 28 September 2023
Takes another break... I suppose it was inevitable. But going from full-tilt mold remediation straight back into my 40+ hour a week job sort of wiped me out. Then, already tired by all that, I was pulling foxtail grasses out of the back of the perennial bed over the weekend. There were swarms of biting… Continue reading The Daily
Happy Mabon? Is it possible to unselfconsciously use the Wiccan-derived names for the quarter days? Because I can’t seem to get there. For the third quarter day of the year, they chose a rather obscure deity as their name for the holiday. I couldn’t say what the Welsh Mabon, or Maponos, the perpetually young Son… Continue reading The Daily: 23 September 2023
The sun passes the ecliptic tomorrow at 2:50am (EDT). This is the autumnal equinox. By now, those of you who tolerate my blathering know that this is not the true equinox since that day of equal length for night and day is dependent on latitude. Here where I live, day length is closest to 12… Continue reading The Daily: 22 September 2023
My post on the hygge garden sort of tipped over into esoterica before I could talk about an actual garden. In my defense, I was very tired. I was also writing in WordPress which tends to get very buggy and slow at about 1000 words. It's hard to complete any thoughts when the text you… Continue reading The Daily: 20 September 2023
It took all week and a herculean assist from both my sons, but the basement is scoured bare and free of stench. An unexpected consequence of dumping a couple hundred square feet of stuff, mostly wooden shelves full of books, is that I feel lighter. I am not ready to embrace making trash of one's… Continue reading The Daily: 19 September 2023
My intention was to banish the mold from my basement, complete with formal exorcism ritual, before the Blueberry Moon went dark (14 September at 9:40pm, for those keeping track). That did not happen. Well into the new Harvest Moon, the Dumpster is still squatting in my driveway to be picked up later today. But the… Continue reading The Daily: 18 September 2023
Today is the Feast Day of Hildegard of Bingen, one of the greatest influencers in medieval Europe. Her works were read and promulgated by bishops, kings, and popes. She led the western world in matters ranging from medicine to music, and her unique philosophy of life is still fresh and inspirational. I wrote this essay… Continue reading The Daily: 17 September 2023
I'm on vacation from my wage job this week. Initially, I thought that meant I would have more time to write. However, there are just too many things that need to be done. Some are good — more garden time! Some are not so good — the latest and greatest round of basement mold needs… Continue reading The Daily: Break Time
By My Solitary Hearth 