Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
Crom Dubh Sunday In many northern communities, July is a hungry month. The spring flush of greens and quick-growing roots like radishes and beets may still be trickling out of the garden, but most have bolted and run to seed. However, those that remain are long on fiber and short on calories, and little of… Continue reading The Daily: 26 July 26
It is the 250th Independence Day... I did try to get into the spirit of this milestone anniversary. But the Trumpies are doing their level best to quash any patriotic fervor. Have you seen what they consider celebratory? I've lost count of the insults and affronts — from a cage fight on the White House… Continue reading The Daily: 4 July 2026
The eighth moon in my calendar is the Strawberry Moon. It is new between 22 May and 19 June, full between 5 June and 3 July. This year the Strawberry Moon is full tonight at 7:56pm here in the Eastern Daylight Savings Time Zone. This is not something that happens on local time. The Moon is full at… Continue reading The Daily: 29 June 2026
Today is St John's Day and Midsummer's Day. Last night, the faeries ran amok. Tomorrow is the last day with over 15 1/2 hours of sunlight. The waxing Strawberry Moon is in its second quarter and will be full on the 29th. It may seem like summer has hardly begun, but we are halfway through… Continue reading The Daily: 24 June 2026
Summer Solstice Today is the solstice; today, the sun stands still. Well, actually, it's been standing still for a few days now, and it will continue to do so for a few more days. In my part of the world, from 17 June to 25 June, day length is 15 hours, 30 minutes, and a… Continue reading The Daily: 21 June 2026
In the last few years I’ve seen a wide variety of people arrive at the conclusion that what we need as a society to avert self-destruction — self and everything else, that is — is a new religion. I’ve encountered novelists and sociologists (who might be predisposed), economists (who probably are not), celebrity chefs and… Continue reading The Daily: 7 June 2026
We don’t like mothers very much in this country. Yes, today is Mother’s Day, but how do you feel about that? Obligated to make a phone call, a Zoom meeting? Did you slap your head, remembering that you forgot to get a card? Did you then remember that cards aren’t really a thing anymore in… Continue reading The Daily: 10 May 2026
Today, it is the exact cross quarter day of Beltaine. It happens at 7:42am in my part of the world. In other words, today is exactly halfway between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. This may not mean much to most folks, but it does show that our holidays are rather more flexible than… Continue reading The Daily: 5 May 2026
Earth Day Today is Earth Day. Would that that actually meant something... Earth Day was created in 1970 as a direct political challenge. Wisconsin’s Senator Gaylord Nelson wanted the US government to do what government is supposed to do — protect its people and lands from rapacious business. He created Earth Day and organized the first demonstrations… Continue reading The Daily: 22 April 2026
The Sap Moon went dark yesterday at 7:52am. Today begins the Greening Moon. I have not written much about this lunation. Usually I am very busy in April because of Poetry Month with its various poetry readings and, to a lesser extent, because the garden is becoming demanding during this moon of leafing out. I'm… Continue reading The Daily: 18 April 2026
By My Solitary Hearth 