I don’t follow the Wheel of the Year, but Spring is the season for growth, renewal and new beginnings, so today I did some magic: First, I poured out all my fears onto a sheet of paper – writing furiously until the paper was full. I took the sheet out to our compost bin, and [...]
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Seasonal magic – Green Witch style
Posted in Green witch, pagan, wheel of the year, witch on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Winter Solstice
Posted in pagan, wheel of the year on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Tonight we had a couple of friends over for a solstice bonfire and dinner. We didn’t do any king of ritual, we just chatted, and caught up, and enjoyed each other’s company. It was lovely. Right now there are people in my life who are either nearing, or at, the end of theirs. It’s difficult [...]
Hearthfire
Posted in Carter, green living, homesteading, pagan, wheel of the year on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This morning we woke to a howling blizzard. I took more satisfaction than usual in the morning ritual of kindling today’s fire from the still-glowing coals of yesterday’s, and watching it catch and then roar. Heating with wood is like baking your own bread. It takes a fair amount of planning, organization, effort, and hard [...]
Photo post: Morning walk
Posted in Carter, Green witch, pagan, wildlife on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Carter and I go out for a walk every morning around 8am. Sometimes I take one of my field guides, to identify wildflowers or trees. Sometimes I take a bag to gather herbs. Sometimes I take my camera:
Herb harvest
Posted in Green witch, homesteading, pagan, witch, tagged herbs, wild herbs, wildcrafting on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Despite the atrocious weather that is blighting our poor garden, the local wildflowers are doing wonderfully well. I’ve started taking either a notebook, or a collecting bag, or my camera out with my when I walk the dog, to start recording and identifying and harvesting herbs and wildflower seeds. I’ve been amazed at how many [...]
Music in the Pines
Posted in art, pagan on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We spent Saturday and Sunday afternoon and evening at the Whispering Pines campground in Curran, which is about 35 km due north of us, hanging out at the Music in the Pines music festival. It was wonderful and we had a great time. Music in the Pines isn’t technically a Pagan festival, it’s a music [...]
Flowers on my altar
Posted in Green witch, pagan, tagged altar, yellow flowers on Thursday, June 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I don’t generally post (or even take, for that matter) pictures of my altar. It’s a personal thing, not generally for sharing, and it’s a working altar, not a honouring / worshiping / show altar that would make it more photogenic. Nonetheless, there is something that I’m excited about and want to share: There are [...]
Rowan Tree Farm
Posted in dear diary, garden, homesteading, pagan on Monday, May 11, 2009 | 4 Comments »
On Saturday, in the pouring rain, a bunch of our pagan friends came out to our homestead and planted and blessed our fruit orchard with us. In the field to the east of the house, we planted 6 heritage apple trees, 2 cherry trees, 2 plum trees, and 2 rowan trees in a spiral. I [...]
My Pagan Path, Part 4: Questions and Answers
Posted in Green witch, green witchcraft, pagan, witch on Friday, April 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
My Pagan Path, Part 1: Becoming a Green Witch My Pagan Path, Part 2: My Green Witch Practice (What I do and Why I do it) My Pagan Path, Part 3: Challenges and What Lies Ahead Here are the questions I was asked about Parts 1, 2, and 3: I was asked if my [...]
My Pagan Path, Part 3: Challenges and What Lies Ahead
Posted in Green witch, pagan, tagged Green witch, green witchcraft, spirituality, witch on Thursday, April 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My Pagan Path, Part 1: Becoming a Green Witch My Pagan Path, Part 2: My Green Witch Practice (What I do and Why I do it) My biggest challenges Flying solo The green witch path is a solitary one by nature (no pun intended), but one of my biggest challenges is not having anyone [...]
