Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
The Season of Renewal This year, the Vernal Equinox happens on March 20th at 10:46am. This is, I think, the most nebulous of the solar festivals. Yes, it does mark an actual solar event, but it’s not the one we typically hear about. It’s not much of an event at all. This festival is less… Continue reading The Daily: 20 March 2026
It's been a tough couple weeks. On a personal level, I started a new job. And while it is a wonderful job, it is still new. Takes a while to find your feet in any career change. But this new job has one annoying requirement. I need to use my cell phone. As a cell… Continue reading The Daily: 16 March 2026
Penny Loaf Day March 11th is Penny Loaf Day, though it is also traditional to set the observance to the Sunday closest to 11 March. This is an obscure holiday that I’d like to revive. Because first of all, it involves bread (so, duh, of course!), and second it celebrates generosity that has endured for… Continue reading The Daily: 11 March 2026
It got above 50°F yesterday! And the sun shone in blue skies most of the afternoon. I opened a window... well... I cracked it open a sliver... for a couple hours... on the lee side of the house out of the wind... But still! No resultant frostbite. The furnace didn't even kick on... The snow… Continue reading The Daily: 9 March 2026
In acknowledgment of the spring sun's rising earlier and earlier — 6:16am in my town yesterday — those who follow Daylight Savings Time have had an hour removed from their morning today at 2am. This morning's sunrise is 7:14am, meaning we've lost an hour of morning light so that we can have more day in… Continue reading The Daily: 8 March 2026
What can you even say about this past week... On Tuesday, the orange one delivered the longest hate speech in the history of the State of the Union addresses in which everyone from Democrats to trans people to Somalis in Minneapolis were vilified with blatant lies and we learned that inflation is coming down (it… Continue reading The Daily: 2 March 2026
If Matthew finds ice, he breaks it. When the cat lies in sunshine in February If he doesn’t break it, he makes it all the harder. she'll creep behind the stove in March. St Matthias with his ice breaker... If there is sharp frost on Matthew’s Day, it will last till March. The fox is… Continue reading The Daily: 24 February 2026
A Parable of the 1%* Imagine a flock of pigeons in a corn field. Imagine that ninety-nine of them, instead of pecking the corn they need and using it as they need it, start to collect all they can into one big heap. Imagine that they do not leave much corn for themselves, but save… Continue reading The Daily: 23 February 2026
Snow Moon The Wolf Moon went dark yesterday at 7:01am. Both Mardi Gras and Chinese New Year, with all their riotous color and spark, took place last night. Today, the Snow Moon, the fourth moon in my lunar year, is new. In my calendar, this is the season of Early Spring, the long wait of… Continue reading The Daily: 18 February 2026
Last year was hard on this old body. I am learning that meningitis, like Lyme disease and long COVID and all the various herpes viruses, is another one of those things that never completely goes away. The inflammation can flare up whenever you are feeling run down, and it leaves you feeling run down and… Continue reading The Daily: 9 February 2026
By My Solitary Hearth 