Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
There's a big wet snowstorm dumping on us for the next three days. So what am I doing? Thinking about gardens, of course! A Tale of Two Garden Books I'm still reading about the garden rather than tackling the pruning and brush clearing that I feel like I should be doing at this time of… Continue reading The Daily: 13 March 2023
This post is number 500 for this blog, making it somewhere around 500,000 words. Quite a lot of effort... 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… Continue reading The Daily: 11 March 2023
Women in Agriculture Thoughts on Food Production for International Women's Day We regularly hear about the gender wage gap. We know about glass ceilings and barriers to advancement. We wring our hands over leadership roles filled mainly by men. These are all vital concerns. But today I’d like to address a disparity that doesn’t get… Continue reading The Daily: 8 March 2023
There was another interruption to connectivity on Thursday. This is becoming annoying. This time, I was finishing up email for the evening and found that nothing was going through. Fortunately, I'd gotten the essential stuff done already (my new hobby is filling out tedious job applications...). But no posting of this blog happened. I then… Continue reading The Daily: 6 March 2023
Mardi Gras Means Pancakes... I briefly considered writing about Mardi Gras today, but I just don’t like it enough. I am not a Carnival person. I don’t like the noise, the crowds, the mess, the stink. I hate feeling inebriated and I simply can’t tolerate drunk people. I have no use for plastic beads. And… Continue reading The Daily: 21 February 2023
The Wolf Moon ends today. Tomorrow is Mardi Gras and the New Hunger Moon. Time is getting on! One of the best and purest joys is having a rest after labor. — Marcus Aurelius (found in Tolstoy's Calendar of Wisdom on 19 February) I've decided that I am done with my job. I am just… Continue reading The Daily: 20 February 2023
We lost power last Thursday night. That I still don't know why is testament to the ordinariness of such things. I was typing away at something and suddenly all the lights went out. It had been snowing quite heavily when I drove home from work, but the snow had turned to freezing drizzle by the… Continue reading The Daily: 17 February 2023
February First Fruits & Quirinalia To highlight just how different the seasonal cycle is depending on latitude, mid-February, the last ides period of the ritual year in Rome, was a festival of the first-fruit offerings. While here in Vermont we are barely thinking about the growing season, never mind able to see actual earth, during… Continue reading The Daily: 16 February 2023
Parentalia As February marked the last month in the ancient Roman calendar, the Romans spent this time of year setting themselves in accord with the world. The 9-day festival of Parentalia began on 13 February and culminated with the day of Feralia, which began at sundown on the 21st. Parentalia was a sacred time to… Continue reading The Daily: 13 February 2023
The Wolf Moon was full yesterday. Being full on the 5th, this is a rather late Wolf Moon; it feels more like a Snow Moon — which isn't full until March this year. And yet, this very late Wolf Moon is, nevertheless, decidedly lupine. The period of the Wolf Moon is the coldest time of… Continue reading The Daily: 6 February 2023
By My Solitary Hearth 