13 Songs for Imbolc
I know it’s early, but I needed some good music. Enjoy 13 songs for the season! Also known as Candlemas and Lady’s Day, this may be the most feminine of the Sabbats. So here’s to the Lady! 13. Lisa...
View ArticleI Just Want To Light You Up
Imbolc is coming. It’s a day that always makes me think of candles, and truthfully I’m beginning to prefer the name Candlemas for the holiday. Solstice may have been the kindling of hope, but it’s...
View ArticleAlmost Imbolc and I Feel Fine…
I should write something deep about poetry. Or fire. Or the sacred forge of life tempering us all. Or spring. But I really don’t want to. We’ve had unusually warm, lovely spring weather here in Georgia...
View ArticleBy the Hair On My Chinny, Chin, Chin
Like many women, I have wild hairs that grow on my chin. Amidst the barely visible down that adorns every woman’s chin, I have random stiff hairs, standing dark and proud. Staunch, rugged individuals...
View ArticleAscent of the Goddess: 7th Annual Brigid Poetry Festival
Here’s my contribution to the 7th Annual Brigid Poetry Festival: Clean water, rose-scented, bright linen sheets: wind-rippled. Droplets race down her skin, carrying death back to the earth. Sun-brown...
View ArticleStumbling Past Imbolc, or Not All Sabbats Are Created Equal
I have already broken one of my New Year’s resolutions. I intended to celebrate every Sabbat equally in 2012. Yet Imbolc has come and gone, and I honestly did very little to celebrate it. I don’t even...
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