Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
This was the first weekend with no garden tasks. I had every intention of writing pages of prose and poetry. But did I? Nope... Instead, I had a weekend off. I made six pints of apple butter. Roasted a pie pumpkin and turned that into ginger pumpkin soup. Also made another round of spiced pumpkin… Continue reading The Daily: 10 November 2025
The Hunter's Moon rises full today at 4:17pm. The time of rising and setting varies by latitude. Those further north will see moonrise a little bit later, further south a bit earlier, but still somewhere around 4-5pm local time. However, the Moon will turn full at the same moment all around the globe, but at… Continue reading The Daily: 5 November 2025
Yesterday, the clocks all changed. No, I'll not use passive voice. Except for the Apple things in this house, the clocks do not change themselves. To spring forward and fall back, I have to wander around the house setting some dozen clocks, ranging from the phone system and thermostat to the enormous wall clock in… Continue reading The Daily: 3 November 2025
The Day of the Dead In Tolstoy’s Calendar of Wisdom, he says that a “man” does not fear death. “Fear of death is our animal nature,” he claims. I don’t know that any part of that is accurate. To be sure, we have a very unhealthy relationship to death. We tell ourselves stories of our… Continue reading The Daily: 2 November 2025
All Hallows: An Entanglement Today is All Hallow's Eve, Hallowe'en, with all the sweet treats, riotous good fun, and spooky debauchery that entails. Tomorrow is All Saints Day, All Hallows, a reincarnation of the ancient Irish festival called Samhain, which means “end of summer”. Samhain is one of the few clear remnants from at least… Continue reading The Daily: 31 October 2025
Tomorrow is All Hallows' Eve, Hallowe'en, the night before Hallowmas, All Souls' Day, the Christian reincarnation of the ancient festival of Lemuria, the Roman festival of the dead, merged with the ancient Irish celebration of the end of summer, Samhain. These days, we hardly remember that it was once a sacred festival. But, while the… Continue reading The Daily: 30 October 2025
The word pagan is not unlike the word witch. Both were pejorative labels for outsiders. Both would likely earn a body substantial abuse. And both have been reclaimed in late modern times, though it would be more accurate to say that these words have been redefined, almost completely. Witch means nothing of what it once… Continue reading The Daily: 29 October 2025
Odds are few of you are as involved in the pagan community as I am. Though this is the fastest growing spiritual path, both in the world and in my own country, it is still a very small community. Moreover, even within this small community, I am in the minority in thinking that it might… Continue reading The Daily: 28 October 2025
It's the last week of autumn in my calendar. Just as well, because they're predicting snow by Thursday. The forecast started out as "well, it's going to be cold enough so if stuff falls from the sky, it might be snow". This morning that turned into "best dig out the snow shovel". I think they're… Continue reading The Daily: 27 October 2025
An Observation ...after a week of footage from last Saturday's No Kings march The irony of the second No Kings rally, one that garnered repeated commentary from the Trump apologists, was that this was a gathering of old white people. Angry old white people. Boomers. The images bore that up. Grey pates as far as… Continue reading The Daily: 25 October 25
By My Solitary Hearth 