Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
Today is All Hallows' Eve, Hallowe'en, the first night in the ancient new year's festival that Celtic language speaking people called Samhaine. We hardly remember that it was once a sacred festival, celebrating endings and beginnings, nor that it was converted by the Catholic Church into a day for honoring the dead. It's possible that… Continue reading The Daily: 31 October 2024
All Hallows: An Entanglement It's the most wonderful time of the year... Tomorrow is All Hallow's Eve, Hallowe'en, a new year's eve in former days with all the sweet treats, riotous good fun, and debauchery that entails. Friday is All Saints Day, All Hallows, the ancient new year festival called Samhaine, which is usually translated… Continue reading The Daily: 30 October 2024
Odds are few of you are as involved in the pagan community as I am. Though this is the fastest growing spiritual path, both in the world and in my own country, it is still a very small community. Moreover, I am in the minority in thinking that it might be good for the planet… Continue reading The Daily: 29 October 2024
I'm not feeling it this year... I have the hat. I have the broom. I have a house full of actual pumpkin spice from the bread in the oven. But... the trees are all bare... it's snowing... and I just feel grey... Hallowe'en was the best holiday of the year when my kids were young.… Continue reading The Daily: 28 October 2024
Things to look forward to... going somewhere This is one that I don’t actually agree with… and that is interesting because it reveals some conflicting core values. But, no, I don’t look forward to going somewhere. Sometimes, I endure it. I never enjoy it much. And the further the travel, the less I can tolerate… Continue reading The Daily: 23 October 2024
Here is something to consider. If you do a very brief survey of headlines, you will see that today, at this very instant, most of the world is actively engaged with recovery from an "historic natural disaster" of some form or another. That is, most of the world is cleaning up after a deadly mess… Continue reading The Daily: 22 October 2024
We had our first frost on October 18th, which is the beginning of St Luke's Little Summer, the traditional name for a warm string of days that usually fall around the Feast of St Luke (October 18th). This always has me asking: Do we get a St Luke's Little Summer if we haven't had winter… Continue reading The Daily: 21 October 2024
The Hunter's Moon is full at 7:26am today. This is the last full moon of my calendar. In two weeks the annual lunar cycle begins anew with the Winter Sleep Moon. This is a time of reconciliation and reckoning. It is time to say goodbye to the growing season and to turn to the resting… Continue reading The Daily: 17 October 2024
It seems that I was unclear yesterday. Maybe it sounded like I was throwing in the towel on this writing project. Maybe it sounded like I don't believe in thinking, or that I am willing to act without thought. I don't think I said any of that... But then I wrote it and I read… Continue reading The Daily: 16 October 2024
Have you ever wondered why the titans of capitalism have not gone after mainstream environmentalists? Capitalists show no restraint when it comes to violently shutting down things that bother them — from escaped slaves to the Chipko women to the Chiapas conflict to the Water Protectors. So why are so many in the "liberal" media… Continue reading The Daily: 15 October 2024
By My Solitary Hearth 