Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
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
It’s raining and 45°F, and I have to walk half a block between my house and my garage. I’ve been awake since 3am and I’m gritty eyed with exhaustion. My arthritis and heart problems are both exacerbated by the short sleep and the cold damp so that everything aches. I have a pile of laundry… Continue reading The Daily: 24 October 2025
It is the time of year when I am increasingly compelled to define my path. What does a witch do? What does a witch believe? What does it mean to be a witch? I find that the definition often leads to more words in need of definition, bound up as they are with the world… Continue reading The Daily: 23 October 2025
The Harvest Moon west dark yesterday at 8:25am my time. Today, begins the 13th and final moon in my annual round, the Hunter's Moon. Many folks seem to think this moon is named for the hunting season. This is neither temporally nor mythically correct. It is not yet hunting season, if by hunt you mean… Continue reading The Daily: 22 October 2025
The Harvest Moon goes dark today at 8:25am. So, tonight there will be no moonlight to wash out the Orionid Meteor Shower which hit its peak intensity at 2am this morning but will still be going strong until the 23rd. You may still be able to see these meteors as late as the 26th. This… Continue reading The Daily: 21 October 2025
Friday, I got my first heating oil delivery of the year. It was a bit of an ouch... but necessary. It is definitely getting into furnace weather. (I turned it on a week or so ago.) It was 28°F Saturday morning. There was dazzling frost on the State House lawn where the No Kings rally… Continue reading The Daily: 20 October 2025
We often talk about resource depletion in terms of supply. Except supply is not really depleting, is it. The Earth has the supplies. The absolute amount of oil in the Earth’s crust is vast. Same for critical minerals like iron and copper. The problem is that most of it is inaccessible, and not just at… Continue reading The Daily: 17 October 2025
We had our first frost last Friday with a sustained low of around 26°F that lasted half the night. Most of the veg garden died. Some of the trees finally decided to get going on fall, those that aren’t already bare, that is. The honey locust is dotted with gold droplets amongst the green. The… Continue reading The Daily: 16 October 2025
By My Solitary Hearth 