Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
Because of the emphasis luni-solar calendars place on the eve of the day, today, May 2nd, is sometimes named May Day. More properly it is named Bealtaine — the later holiday for organized (ie paid) labor, May Day, is fixed to the first of the month in keeping with labor time rules. But Bealtaine is… Continue reading The Daily: 2 May 2025
Tax Day April 15th is Tax Day for the United States. In most years taxes are due on this date, though exceptions are made for weekends and recently COVID seems to have added on extra days. I don't know anyone who puts it off until today because the penalties for missing the due date are… Continue reading The Daily: 15 April 2025
The bank that employs me is filled with bored women. Banking is not exactly a challenging job, not a lot of intellectual or creative stimulation. In fact, it’s best to not think and certainly not improvise. So most people have hobbies that verge on second jobs. There are a few gardeners, several cooks, a couple… Continue reading The Daily: 8 April 2025
Another Brief Riposte... Can we please end the prattling on about the terrors of AI? AI is not terrifying. It is not important. It is hardly a thing in the lives of the vast majority of humans, never mind all the others. Yet people of a certain class will insist on going on and on… Continue reading The Daily: 26 March 2025
World Water Day is 22 March 2025. This annual observance was organized by the United Nations in 1993 to focus attention on the importance of freshwater and to promote sustainable freshwater management. Each year a different theme is chosen, centered on topics relevant to clean water, sanitation and hygiene. The theme for 2025 is Save… Continue reading The Daily: 22 March 2025
It is Ash Wednesday. In the Christian calendar, this day inaugurates the fasts of Lent. This is holy time, a period of 46 days of cleansing and purging the body and soul before the celebration of Easter. The time echoes the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert before he went to his death. Originally,… Continue reading The Daily: 5 March 2025
Today the Snow Moon goes dark at 7:45pm. Tomorrow is the new Sap Moon, which is the first moon of spring. Most years. Spring is nowhere in evidence here in central Vermont... but it has to be soon... Tomorrow is also the Economic Blackout, organized by the People's Union USA. What's that? Here is how… Continue reading The Daily: 27 February 2025
There is a widespread belief that it is impossible to extricate yourself from this system. For some, this is because they never manage to part the curtain of propaganda that keeps feeding us that exact message. This is unfortunate, but understandable. But there are others who have seen the stupid little man operating the machine.… Continue reading The Daily: 21 February 2025
Like many people, I find the American version of Valentine’s Day and the saccharine and monochromatic view of love it promotes to be repulsive. In my younger days I assumed the whole farce was invented by the greeting card and gifting industry, along with the rise of all manner of fake holidays intended to get… Continue reading The Daily: 14 February 2025
It is the middle of February. Time to address that age-old question plaguing the minds of men: What do women want? I once tried to explain to someone why I no longer read John Michael Greer. It wasn't the fussiness revealed in that name nor the association with deeply disturbing organizations like the Freemasons. Nor… Continue reading The Daily: 11 February 2025
By My Solitary Hearth 