Wordless Wednesdays: Return of the Summer Chorus
Cicadas (Click here for sound) Katydids (Click here for sound)
Cicadas (Click here for sound) Katydids (Click here for sound)
Hand in hand, with Fairy grace, Will we sing, and bless this place. ~ Titania, from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, today is the last day of Spring. This is Midsummer’s Eve, the night before the sabbat of Litha (Summer Solstice/Alban Hefin/Midsummer). Besides Samhain and Beltane, … Read more
At 9:45pm Eastern Time tonight, we are treated to an encore Full Moon occurring in the same sign as the previous Full Moon was. That’s why some people consider it to be similar to having a second Full Moon in a calendar month — in other words, a sort of astrological Blue Moon. So twice … Read more
Lammas Bread Blessing Bless the earth that grows the grain, Bless the water that gives us rain, Bless the wind that helps seed spread, Bless the fire that bakes our bread. – Words by Diane Baker, music by Anne Hill, Serpentine Music Now the Wheel of the Year turns once more, and the season of … Read more
As the sun spirals its longest dance, Cleanse us! As nature shows bounty and fertility Bless us! Let all things live with loving intent And to fulfill their truest destiny. ~ from a Wiccan Summer Blessing (as reported by the BBC) Happy Litha (Summer Solstice) to those of us in the northern hemisphere, and Happy … Read more
You may get real tired watching me, but I’m not going to quit. ~ Harrison Ford, with a tenacious Sun, Moon, and Midheaven in Cancer (July 13, 1942) Happy Birthday, Cancer! Cancer is the sign of the Summer Solstice, and heralds the beginning of the warmest season of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. It … Read more
I must go seek some dewdrops here And hang a pearl in every cowslip’s ear. Farewell, thou lob of spirits; I’ll be gone: Our queen and all our elves come here anon. ~ From A Midsummer Night’s Eve, by William Shakespeare Today is the last day of Spring in the lands above the Equator. … Read more