This is an encore post from past years with a few pertinent updates. In the name of blessed Aphrodite, let us reclaim this day of love in the true spirit of celebration, honoring the divine gift of all love. All pleasure. Consensual unions only, of every kind. Warmest merriments and blessings to you! ~ Beth … Read more
There’s a man in New Orleans Who plays rock and roll He’s a guitar man With a great big soul He lays down a beat Like a ton of coal He goes by the name of King Creole… Thank you. Thank you very much. – Elvis Presley All who know me well are aware that … Read more
Hail Thalia, Grace of Flowering and Mirth! Hail to The Lord and The Lady!Hail to the King and Queen of Faery, to blessed Flora, and to Maia Majestas! ©Helena Nelson-Reed Hail to the Summer!Hail to the Summer!The season that drivesThe cold Winter away!Hail to the Summer!Hail to the Summer!Light your bonfires –Today is Beltane!— from … Read more
Narcissus so himself himself forsook,And died to kiss his shadow in the brook. — William Shakespeare Narcissus (another name for the daffodil), is the word from which we get “narcissism“, which is in reference to the tragic story of the haughty Narcissus in Greek myth. In the tale told by Ovid, one day when the … Read more