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Spirit work in small spaces
When you’re living in a small space (as we are now, in our cute but tiny duplex), you learn quickly that you need to make every bit of available space work for you. In practical terms, this often...
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Ostara 2011
Due to my interest in exploring plant dyes for use on fiber for my spinning, I decided quite a while back that it would be fun to try dyeing eggs for Ostara with plant dyes as well, and began doing...
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Spring cleaning in my life
Last year, spring cleaning in our household was–as usual–a major undertaking. We fumigated the rooms with mugwort, vacuumed the carpets with Peaceful Home powder, and refreshed the wards at the borders...
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Clan of the cave bear
Up until the past year or so, the Odin-connected animals I gravitated towards most strongly were ravens, wolves and snakes. But although my connection to those remains strong, recently another animal...
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Herbs for Hedgewitches: Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
Stithe it is called, it assails poison, It drives away the evil one, casts out poison.- the Nine Herbs Charm (translation by Bill Griffiths) If they would eat nettles in March and drink mugwort in...
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Summer festival weekend
This is another important festival weekend for me, starting today with the Summer Solstice. Here in Eugene, this holy tide marks the time when nature is at her most abundantly and flamboyantly fertile,...
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Entertainment the old way
I mentioned in yesterday’s festival calendar post that a lot of things in my life–some little, some big–have changed significantly this past year. One of the little things, which has had a...
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Ask me about Odin
A week or so ago, I posted here about my upcoming dedication of the month of December to Odin, my Husband, in honor of our 10th anniversary on December 4th. I mentioned that I did not want to promise...
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An addendum to my “Ask me about Odin” post
English: “Odhin” (1901) by Johannes Gehrts. The god Odin sits enthroned, flanked by his ravens Huginn and Munnin, and the wolves Geri and Freki. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It bothers me that my...
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Yule Advent Calendar (and a belated Michaelmas outing)
The latest installment in my PaganSquare blog, Threads, is now live: Yule Advent Calendar (and a belated Michaelmas outing). Also, here are some bonus photographs from today’s trip to the Pioneer...
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Putting the Germanic back in Yule (or, Odin is the REAL reason for the season)
Image via Wikipedia I’m coming into this a few days late due to my lack of internet access at home (one of the ways in which my partner and I choose not to buy into the pressure of cultural...
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As the end of 2010 fast approaches, I find myself thinking of the year about to pass with fondness at the same time as I eagerly await what 2011 will bring. 2010 was mostly kind to me, an almost...
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The Mighty Dead
Image via Wikipedia A reader asked why I honor Anne Boleyn, so I thought I’d elaborate a little on that, and on the concept of the Mighty Dead. As all of you are probably aware, ancestor worship plays...
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