Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
Today is National Dandelion Day. It's also Easter. I don't celebrate Easter in the Christian sense. I think there is quite enough suffering in the world without invoking the sacrifice of grain gods into the beginning of spring. However, I am starting to think that the secular holiday, the bits with rabbits and eggs and… Continue reading The Daily: 5 April 2026
The Daily for 29 March 2024: Hot cross buns!
Saturday was such a buoyant day with the No Kings rallies exploding beyond all our wildest expectations that I was still floating on Palm Sunday. And then the sun came out! So I decided to welcome in Spring. The house is clean. There are rabbits and colorful eggs here and there. And a small vase… Continue reading The Daily: 30 March 2026
Today is Palm Sunday and this coming weekend is Easter. There are palm parades and processions all over, and today is a traditional day for Pace Egg plays, a sort of mumming that features St George and the Dragon. Bake a Pax cake (which are shortbreads with springy decorations in jam or frosting) or figgy… Continue reading The Daily: 29 March 2026
There has still been no planting of peas. It was too cold and windy on St Patrick's Day. The beds were still rock, and I had enough on my plate trying to keep the porch furniture from blowing around as the wind kept shifting and blowing over 30mph. I was not going to plant in… Continue reading The Daily: 23 March 2026
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
By My Solitary Hearth 