Poetry For the Conclusion of Yom Kippur
Offered with great tenderness and love today, to all my dear Jewish (and Jew-Witch!) friends who have been observing the High Holy Days and particularly Yom Kippur. And for all, of every faith, who have traveled the pathways of mourning and healing. Blessed be. Kaddish Mother of my birth, for how long were we together … Read more
The Last of September: Honoring Hecate
Lady of the night bring us your hoarse whispers and ancient songs, Like deer bones tapping and clicking, calling the dead, calling winter home. from Poem to Hecate, by Corinne Boyer Today is the last day of the month and so it is sacred to the great Goddess, Hecate. Although Her day was once the … Read more
Poetry for the Last Sunday of September
I have come to a still, but not a deep center, A point outside the glittering current; My eyes stare at the bottom of a river, At the irregular stones, iridescent sandgrains, My mind moves in more than one place, In a country half-land, half-water. I am renewed by death, thought of my death, The … Read more
Wordless Wednesday – Our New Family
(Phoebe) (Calypso)
It’s Your Solar Return Time, Beautiful Libra! Happy Birthday!
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower (Sun and Moon in Libra) On this date, which is also the Equinox, the Sun enters the sign of Libra, fittingly, the sign of the balanced scales. Like the scales, Libras prefer to be on an even keel. They easily tune … Read more
Blessings of Mabon and the Autumn Equinox
Hail! Journeyer of the Heavens, Queen of Brightness, King of Beauty! Gifts of gladness richly bringing, Autumn sheaves and red leaves’ fall. Generous be the heart within us, Open be our hands to all, Justice to be in equal measure, Harvest thankfulness our call. ~ Greeting to the Autumn Equinox by Caitlín Matthews, A Celtic … Read more