Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
My intention was to banish the mold from my basement, complete with formal exorcism ritual, before the Blueberry Moon went dark (14 September at 9:40pm, for those keeping track). That did not happen. Well into the new Harvest Moon, the Dumpster is still squatting in my driveway to be picked up later today. But the… Continue reading The Daily: 18 September 2023
Today is the Feast Day of Hildegard of Bingen, one of the greatest influencers in medieval Europe. Her works were read and promulgated by bishops, kings, and popes. She led the western world in matters ranging from medicine to music, and her unique philosophy of life is still fresh and inspirational. I wrote this essay… Continue reading The Daily: 17 September 2023
Found this while searching for something else that I'm pretty sure I never actually wrote... only planned to write... so it seemed serendipitous to throw this back out to the world. Especially since I am currently in a welter of planning. Present circumstances are just unsustainable and I need to figure that out. Meanwhile... here… Continue reading The Daily: 6 September 2023
The year is full of seasonal rewards and splendors, momentary splashes of perfection in time before time flows on to new climes. Winter is crystalline, it is the season of icy airs and scintillating stars. Even where there is no snow, winter is drained of color, austere and structural, as growing things slumber. Spring is… Continue reading The Daily: 5 September 2023
The Blueberry Moon is full tomorrow. It is the second full moon of August 2023, so it's a blue moon. I don't know where August went this year. Seems I was just writing for the full Hay Moon at the beginning of the month, and here it is, a full lunation gone. Not only has… Continue reading The Daily: 29 August 2023
So the flu was bad, the mold-cleaning process was worse, my car's corroded rear shock mounts broke, and all week it's been nice each day — while I was trapped at work — until about 4pm, at which point it rained in torrents until after midnight. I have made no progress on the groundhog or… Continue reading The Daily: 28 August 2023
The Blueberry Moon was new on Wednesday. I did not see it. I can't remember the last time I saw the moon. On Wednesday it was pouring again. We had 2.5 inches of rain, according to my gauge. For comparison, an average August, back when there were such things, saw 3.4 inches of rain in… Continue reading The Daily: 18 August 2023
The Perseids are falling in the late night sky again. Once again, there is little chance that I can see them. This year that might be true of most of the country — except those trapped under that heat dome. And you all might even want to be awake at that time of night, when… Continue reading The Daily: 12 August 2023
This is a repost that is equally valid today as a year or so ago when I wrote it. This depresses me... but it also allows me to share it again. I think there may be a new motif taking root in a certain class of writer. (How’s that for a vague beginning?) There is… Continue reading The Daily: 11 August 2023
Last week, someone I love dearly left this world in body. So I am grieving. As it happens, this person was so central in my life that most of the people I know are grieving also. We are a community of loss right now. Not much is happening beyond that loss and its immediate effects.… Continue reading The Daily: 8 August 2023
By My Solitary Hearth 