Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
The Winter Sleep Moon, also known as the Beaver Moon (Old Farmer's Almanac), is full today at 4:16am. We are moving into the waning of the Winter Sleep Moon. In calendars from the Northern Hemisphere cultures that didn't write things down (for many reasons), the waning of the first moon after Samhaine is probably when… Continue reading The Daily: 27 November 2023
This weekend, Jupiter and the nearly full moon are together in the eastern sky. They will be high in the sky around midnight. If you're really lucky you might see the remnants of 2023's Andromedid meteor shower which peaked earlier in the month but will last until early December. This debris field is associated with… Continue reading The Daily: 24 November 2023
Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your holiday! However you celebrate! Cheers!
If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it. — Shakespeare, Twelfth Night November 22nd is St Cecilia’s Day. Nothing of her story bears repeating, but through it she became the patron saint of musicians. And maybe there is more in that story of a feisty Roman girl that we… Continue reading The Daily: 22 November 2023
Last weekend, it was cold and wet outside, with blowing snow and ice. The porch wind chimes were never silent. So despite having a bit more garden work to do before winter really settles in, I did the only sensible thing and began the holiday cooking. The cranberry sauce is done. I baked my usual… Continue reading The Daily: 21 November 2023
The Winter Sleep Moon enters its second quarter today at 5:50am. This is the waxing gibbous phase. Its half circle face is also sitting very close to Saturn tonight at about 6pm. There are also a few other night sky things that are worth mentioning. Venus, as a morning star, is still amazingly brilliant. Look… Continue reading The Daily: 20 November 2023
I made the mistake of writing about the fragility of cities again. If there is way to rile everybody up, it’s saying that our settlement patterns don’t work very well now and won’t work at all in a lower energy system, one that can’t transport bulky materials long distances, and maybe can’t do refrigerated transport… Continue reading The Daily: 17 November 2023
In any given week, I am reading several books a little at a time. I do this mostly so that whenever I have a spare moment, there is a book in my current reading selection that will fit my mood. Plus, I find that I can get through more difficult books if I can set… Continue reading The Daily: 16 November 2023
Wednesday Word for 15 November 2023 cull You can respond in the comments below or go visit the All Poetry contest for November. Your response can be anything made from words. I love poetry, but anything can be poetic and you needn’t even be limited to poetics. An observation, a story, a thought. Might even be… Continue reading The Daily: 15 November 2023
Cut asparagus plants to the ground now. — Old Farmer's Almanac planner for 14 November My lunar year begins with the new moon that falls between 1 November and 29 November. The full moon in this first moon cycle of the lunar year falls between 15 November and 13 December. I call this month the Winter Sleep Moon because to… Continue reading The Daily: 14 November 2023
By My Solitary Hearth 