So for me Imbolc is the feats of warm hearty foods.  I make a potato soup. Old fashioned Irish Soda bread I also make these things called Bannocks - which are scones. I make mine with dried cranberries. This feast day is a little less full of food than the others because it is the mid-winter feast and food was scarcer.   It is also the day we sweep out the negative energies....

"Here we come a-wassailing Among the leaves so green; Here we come a-wand’ring So fair to be seen. Chorus: Love and joy come to you, And to you your wassail too; And God bless you and send you A Happy New Year And God send you a Happy New Year. Our wassail cup is made Of the rosemary tree, And so is your beer Of the best barley. (Chorus) We are not daily beggars That beg from door...

The shortest day of the year approaches.  This year it is December 21st.  It is the beginning of our Wheel of the Year.  Yule is a time of joy and hope because the days will begin to grow longer and the sun returns stronger each day.  It is a Sabbat full of eating, drinking and good times.  The Yule log, wassail, and family.  Who could ask for more? We enjoy a table laid out with...

I do my best to be a person that puts out positive vibes.  I do know since beginning my path in Wicca that when I put out negative vibes I get negative back and I become stressed, sad, depressed, and even angry.  Being positive is sometimes very difficult for me because my household growing up was extremely negative.  It is an effort for me to put that smile on my face every morning when...

In less than two weeks the veil will thin.  The End of Year Feast will begin.  This is also the third Harvest Feast.  Our Wheel is Turning.  A closing of the year Smudge spell is below: Into this smoke, I release all energies that did not serve me, all negativity that surrounded me, all tears that limited me from last year. I walk into the new year with light in my heart and hope for better...

On the shores of the Susquehanna Rivers, in the VERY small town of Nichols sits The Fainting Goat Island Inn.  It is a nice spot to relax and we did. And this little fellow joined us for breakfast every morning.  His name is Larry.

A Thursday morning...Drinking coffee & trying to get myself motivated to pack lunches & get myself ready for work....When all of a sudden Onyx leaps to the top part of the window chasing a bird that flew into it.  She started chittering & my big boy, Ghost came bounding onto the couch to see.  They chittered back and forth and it all made me so happy.

Time to cleanse home, family and myself.  Remove the negativity and open myself to positivity.  Time for me to once again begin anew & try to be a better person.  Let go of the bitterness, sadness and anger.  Time to be fresh.   I shall try to follow the words on the image posted.  Time to think before hitting the <enter> key or speaking.  Time to let things roll off of my back...

For several years now I have watched as social media ate away at the foundation of decency and good manners.  A few years ago I attended the wedding of my cousin's daughter and of course brought a gift.  Two weeks earlier I attended the wedding of my godson and of course brought a gift.  A week after my godson's wedding i received in the mail a nicely written thank you note from him and his...

Night and day are again of equal length and in perfect equilibrium - dark and light, masculine and feminine, inner and outer, in balance. But we are again on the cusp of tra nsition and from now the year now begins to wane and from this moment darkness begins to defeat the light.    ( https://www.goddessandgreenman.co.uk/mabon ) September 21st or 22nd holds the date for the next...

All I wanted to do was watch a ghost show (yes I know they aren't real - but sometimes have a few scares in them) to get a little chill when what pops up - DEMONS.  Why are these shows always talking about demons?  I do not find demons scary at all - maybe because I find it all so ridiculous.  OOOO something from hell is trying to possess this woman in East Bumfuck Iowa.  REALLY??????  If...