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We did our Litha ritual today.  :D 

Esbat

Apr. 12th, 2025 09:16 pm
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We held our esbat tonight.  It went really well.  We lit the bonfire to raise energy for consecrating tools.  :D 

Ostara

Mar. 20th, 2025 09:04 pm
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Today we celebrated Ostara.  It was just a simple ritual with a few friends, celebrating the spring season. 
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... for those of you celebrating February 1-2 aka Candlemas. See Imbolc recipes and rituals.
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We held our Yule ritual tonight. :D


Holly Bush in Pot

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Revisit those who have passed during the year. These entries from my "Moment of Silence" tag highlight those who have died recently. Some of my posts have a "Carry on the Work" section regarding the person's accomplishments in case anyone else wants to explore those.

Browse ways to celebrate Dia de los Muertos.

Here are some things to do for Samhain. See the Greenhaven Coven page for Samhain and its recipes.

Does anyone else have names to remember?
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"Everybody Goes to Hell" is a song about Paganism, religious diversity, and lack of tolerance. 
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This year in Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, I'll be posting questions from the new 2024 questionnaire that I made. If you like the questions, feel free to follow along. You can post your answers in a comment below, or make a post in your own blog and link to it in a comment.

Question 11: Have you ever been at an event that you think will one day be in history books, and if so, what?

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... for those of you celebrating February 1-2 aka Candlemas. See Imbolc recipes and rituals.
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We held our Yule ritual tonight. It was supposed to be Friday night, but yesterday was too rainy for an outdoor ritual.

We started in the ritual meadow. We had the metal altar set up. Given our Norse theme for this event, we called Realms from Yggdrasil instead of calling quarters. We cast the circle with mead, for the Aesir, though we usually don't use alcohol in our rituals. The attempt to light the bonfire failed utterly, despite using tiki oil and firestarters, so all that burned was the paper and cardboard.

Then we walked a circle around the Midwinter Grove to bless it. My partner Doug recited the story of how it came to be. Next we dug a hole and planted the Colorado blue spruce tree. Once in the ground, it's about knee-high, and I think it came in a gallon pot. Later on, I'll want to spread composted manure around it, throw down a little fertilizer, cover with ground cloth, and then mulch.

Finally we returned to the ritual meadow. We shared cakes and ale.   Despite the heavy cloud cover, the moon peeked through briefly.  Then we released the Realms and opened the circle. It was a beautiful ritual tonight. :D

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Today is cloudy and cool.  It's still damp from yesterday's rain, with puddles here and there, but not raining today.

I fed the birds.  I haven't seen any at the feeders but have seen them flying around.

We cleared a place to plant the Colorado blue spruce in the Yule ritual tonight.  :D

EDIT 12/23/23 -- We got the spruce tree planted.  \o/ 
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Today is cloudy, chilly, and wet.  It has been drizzling off and on, now is raining a bit more vigorously.  So much for our Yule plans.  We've rescheduled for tomorrow, when the weather should be more amenable to outside work.

My partner Doug found a potted Colorado blue spruce on sale locally, so we're going to try planting that in the Midwinter Grove.  :D

I fed the birds.  I've seen a fox squirrel on the hopper feeder. 


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Based on an audience poll, this is the free epic for the December 5, 2023 Poetry Fishbowl making its $200 goal. This poem is spillover from the November 7, 2023 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from [personal profile] acelightning73, [personal profile] see_also_friend, and [personal profile] siliconshaman. It also fills the "Open Mic Night' square in my 11-1-23 card for the Drabble Fest Bingo. This poem belongs to the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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Revisit those who have passed during the year.  These entries from my "Moment of Silence" tag highlight those who have died recently.  Some of my posts have a "Carry on the Work" section regarding the person's accomplishments in case anyone else wants to explore those.

Browse ways to celebrate Dia de los Muertos.

Here are some things to do for Samhain.  See the Greenhaven Coven page for Samhain and its recipes.

Does anyone else have names to remember?

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... for those of you celebrating February 1-2 aka Candlemas. See Imbolc recipes and rituals.
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My partner Doug tipped me to this fun music video.  There are other versions of it online too.


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Happy Friday the 13th!  It's our only one this year, so find some ways to celebrate it.  It's popular with Pagans.
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Today's theme is spirituality and religion. I found a fair number of communities, but almost all of them are slow or dormant.

If you're doing Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, I encourage you to do [community profile] followfriday too. Both help boost activity so people can find cool things.

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