This is the first Wishing Moon of the year. According to author Victoria David Danann in her Seasons of the Witch Primer, a Wishing Moon occurs on the Full Moon closest to the seasonal Quarter Days (as opposed to the cross-quarter Sabbats). They are an ideal time for setting our intentions for the coming quarter … Read more
From our friend, Arie in Israel! Enjoy! It’s not too late if you’d like to share some photos of your home, especially if you’ve been feng shui-ing! Or your creativity altar or Artist’s Way studio, for that matter. Feel free to email them to me.
Never eat more than you can lift. — Miss Piggy Thanks so much for your terrific comments yesterday about the colors and elements, Regina! This is great information! Some other tidbits that might be helpful along similar lines is that in the kitchen, the primary energies are fire and water, and so keeping them in … Read more
The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. — Calvin Trillin The art of feng shui is one way to spruce up our homes for Spring. It can enhance the home’s positive life force energy, called Qi, … Read more
When she goes about her kitchen duties, chopping, carving, mixing, whisking, she moves with the grace and precision of a ballet dancer, her fingers plying the food with the dexterity of a croupier. — the late Craig Claiborne, irreplaceable New York Times food critic As we feel the upsurge of Spring’s arrival, we may feel … Read more
Welcome Spring! Awake, thou wintry earth — Fling off thy sadness! Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth Your ancient gladness! — Thomas Blackburn Today is the Vernal Equinox in the northern hemisphere, and Autumn Equinox in lands below the equator. We are all experiencing the same phenomenon: the daylight and the darkness are in balance. The … Read more
Today is not only the Spring Equinox, but it is the beginning of the astrological new year as the Sun moves into the sign of Aries! As the first sign in the zodiac, fiery Aries is the first one to get things started, initiating projects and leading others. The Ram is adventurous, ambitious, impulsive, enthusiastic … Read more
The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery – not over nature but of ourselves. — Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring Today marks the end of Winter, and seven years since the U.S. invaded Iraq for excuses based on lies and greed. Rather than pouring our economic well-being and … Read more
When we no longer have good cooking in the world, we will have no literature, nor high and sharp intelligence, nor friendly gatherings, no social harmony. — Marie-Antoine Carême (“King of Chefs, Chef of Kings” – 1784-1833) In the principles of feng shui, the kitchen is the fiery heart of the home, making the biggest … Read more
Non-cooks think it’s silly to invest two hours’ work in two minutes’ enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet. — Julia Child As we approach the final New Year of the year, that is, the astrological New Year at Equinox, we have an opportunity for setting new intentions for this cycle of … Read more