Hay Moon – By My Solitary Hearth

The Daily: 12 August 2026

August 12, 2026August 9, 2026 Eliza Daley1 Comment

2017 Total Solar Eclipse (NASA/Carla Thomas) Today the Hay Moon goes dark at 1:36pm my time. It will be dark at this same moment all around the globe, so unless you live in the Eastern Time Zone, the Moon will be dark at some other hour of your day. (For example, in Valencia, Spain, the… Continue reading The Daily: 12 August 2026

The Daily: 6 July 2024

July 6, 2024July 5, 2024 Eliza DaleyLeave a comment

New Hay Moon The Strawberry Moon went dark at 6:57pm yesterday evening. So today there will be a very thin new moon closely following the sun as it sinks into the western horizon. This is the Hay Moon, the ninth moon in the cycle that begins on All Hallows. This is the moon of reaping… Continue reading The Daily: 6 July 2024

Lughnasadh 2041

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 Eliza Daley

I am engaged in building a future for my kids out of this mess of a present, largely created by my parents' generation. One of the most wearing aspects of this project is not giving in to despair. Merely seeing what might be good — or even survivable — is difficult. So from time to… Continue reading Lughnasadh 2041