Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
Martinmas On November 11th at 11 in the morning, we practice a moment of silence for two minutes to remember the day we reached an accord and agreed to lay down arms after the brutality of World War 1. A century ago we stopped fighting. Soldiers came home. It was a time very like this.… Continue reading The Daily: 11 November 2024
I don't know about you all, but I've been on a steady diet of John Oliver, The Daily Show, sudoku puzzles and this. I haven't had a real meal since All Hallows. With the water being gone, there have been more days than showers this week, and I don't even feel that bad about that.… Continue reading The Daily: 10 November 2024
As part of fun times in late capitalism, or as Cory Doctorow puts it, the enshitification of everything, a water main went down last week at the south end of my town. Nobody was hurt though the road is now another gaping hole. However, in the process of fixing it, actually when they were just… Continue reading The Daily: 8 November 2024
I am changing Wednesdays again. I have abandoned the contest on All Poetry because I am not enjoying it. Plain and simple. There is an increasing amount of what I don't like about the world on that medium, as there is everywhere accessed by a keyboard and screen. There is also less, much less, good… Continue reading The Daily: 6 November 2024
We are electing the next President today. I wish we lived in a world where things like Donald Trump did not happen. I wish that we lived in a world in which there was absolutely no question about the outcome of this election now that he has. I wish we lived in a world in… Continue reading The Daily: 5 November 2024
Winter Sleep Moon and Early Winter A Brown Time... The Hunter's Moon went dark on All Hallow's Day, which also ushered in the new lunisolar year and the new season of Early Winter. The Winter Sleep Moon was new on the Day of the Dead. It will go dark on December 1st which is the… Continue reading The Daily: 4 November 2024
November snuck up on me. I get the feeling that many are feeling the same. Suddenly, it's winter, it's dark, it's past Hallowe'en. That time-change thing happens again today. Two in the morning. Hate it... I don't care which way it goes, much like my body doesn't care which time zone it's been transported to… Continue reading The Daily: 3 November 2024
Today is the new Winter Sleep Moon. But it's also the Day of the Dead. So I am pushing the new moon post off until Monday — which feels appropriate — and here is my post on the Day of the Dead. The Day of the Dead In Tolstoy’s Calendar of Wisdom, he says that… Continue reading The Daily: 2 November 2024
It is the first Friday and the first day of the eleventh calendar month, named for the ninth. Today the Hunter's Moon goes dark at 8:47 am. In my calendar, the old year ended last night, and the season of early winter is ushered in tomorrow. So here is another reminder of what all this… Continue reading The Daily: 1 November 2024
Today is All Hallows' Eve, Hallowe'en, the first night in the ancient new year's festival that Celtic language speaking people called Samhaine. We hardly remember that it was once a sacred festival, celebrating endings and beginnings, nor that it was converted by the Catholic Church into a day for honoring the dead. It's possible that… Continue reading The Daily: 31 October 2024
By My Solitary Hearth 