I hear this when people find out I am Wiccan.  I get tired of it.  The truth is most Wiccans are more tolerant, kind and giving then some Christians I know. 

My favorite feast day approaches. Samhain (pronounced Sow-wen) is the third harvest of the year.  It means summer's end in Gaelic.  It is the end of the Celtic year - it is the last feast on the Wheel of the Year.    On this day, the great God of the Sun dies, and leaves his widow, the Goddess Crone, to mourn him until Yule (Winter Solstice) when he will be reborn, and light will...

I have been away from here for a while.  When I did check in it was so disturbing I stayed only briefly.  I have found myself questioning on what is truly important as I watch women's rights get flushed and maniacs running for office.  And worst thing - people I thought were "normal" supporting these wackadoodles.  I just fell into a place where I couldn't deal with this.  I was actually...

Lughnasadh occurs every August 1st.  It is the first of three harvest feasts.  This one has fresh veggies and grain as its mainstays.  The tradition is to shape bread into a representation of the Green Man (Lugh). About the God Lugh Lugh is a Celtic god who was once worshipped across Western Europe and the British Isles. Other names for him are Lug, Luc, Master of All Skills, and The...

I am worried.  Normally I can shrug things off more easily than I am able to at this moment.  Everything appears to be crashing around me & I have gotten caught up in the wave. My husband, daughter and I are joining in on a family trip (my sister, one of her daughters and her family, my nephew and his family) to grand old Kentucky to see my 87 year old mother the second week in August....

Litha was beautiful.  A gorgeous day.  We even got into the pool.  I have a few pictures of my baked goods.  I never got a chance to get the main course.  They attacked with a vengeance. and de kabobbed my kabobs before I could snap any pics. My pineapple upside down cake turned out PERFECT for the first time in my life. My Fairy HoneyCakes.  There were six, but one for the fairies. So...

Another Feast Day is upon me.  Midsummer or the Summer Solstice is the most powerful day of the year for the Sun God.  It is a Fire feast so bonfires will be lit.  My hubby's favorite part (after the feast food of course) is the bonfire.    Summer flowers  all through my house and  summer berries adorn my dinner table. Bright colors of green, blue and yellow flow throughout my abode....

                                        This Beltane I will be working on my Summerland garden area.  I will be putting up my shepherd's hook with my 2 Hummingbird feeders, my bird bath, and my gazing ball in a triangular pattern and then I will be planting colorful blooms to attract butterflies and hummingbirds in a triquetra pattern. I have my trellis ready and my little garden...

Ostara celebrates the spring equinox. Ostara symbolizes fertility, rebirth, and renewal.   Deep within the cold earth, seeds are beginning to sprout. In the damp fields, the livestock are preparing to give birth. In the forest, under a canopy of newly sprouted leaves, the animals of the wild ready their dens for the arrival of their young. Spring is here....

Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us, only sky Imagine all the people Livin' for today Ah Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion, too Imagine all the people Livin' life in peace You You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one...

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.   For...

"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...