The Wordsmith's Forge

We did our Litha ritual today.  :D 

Today we celebrated Ostara.  It was just a simple ritual with a few friends, celebrating the spring season. 

 Check out this gorgeous Solstice art of the sun in a forest. 

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?

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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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, 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. 

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?

Revisit those who have passed during the year.

My mother passed away in late December.

Happy Friday the 13th!  It's our only one this year, so find some ways to celebrate it.  It's popular with Pagans.