Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
In nearly every culture — except the one I live within — there is some form of ancestor veneration. Honoring your forebears seems to be human instinct. Though we could never verify this with those whose interiority is hidden from our perception, there is reason to believe that ancestor worship is part of every being's… Continue reading The Daily: 23 September 2025
Mardi Gras Means Pancakes... Ok, not really... Mardi Gras actually means Fat Tuesday, or more precisely, Fat Mars-day. The Romans dedicated the second day of the week to the planet named for their war god, Mars. The closest Norse equivalent to Mars was Tyr, or Tiw. Hence it became Tuesday in English and Mardi Gras… Continue reading The Daily: 13 February 2024
By My Solitary Hearth 