Flashes of reluctant color pepper her white veil A long, somnolent stretch Heralds the coming of spring’s life The crack of an icicle, The tentative chirp of a sparrow Slush and crunch and drip Is music to my ears. …
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Merry Beltaine!
Merry Beltane! Beltane evokes images of Maypole dancing and pagan delight. And well it should! Beltaine, Beltane, or Lá Bealtaine in the Irish, is a Gaelic festival celebrating the halfway point between the spring equinox (March 21) and the summer solstice (June…
Brigid’s Blessings on the Celtic Fire Festival of Imbolc
On Imbolc Eve Irish & Scottish women would clean and prepare their household for Brigid’s blessings during the night.She was said to visit virtuous houses. Source: Brigid’s Blessings on the Celtic Fire Festival of Imbolc
Merry Beltane!
Beltane evokes images of Maypole dancing and pagan delight. And well it should! Beltaine, Beltane, or Lá Bealtaine in the Irish, is a Gaelic festival celebrating the halfway point between the spring equinox (March 21) and the summer solstice (June 21) (opposite…
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Spring is here!
Spring is here, Spring is here, Life is Skittles and Life is Beer I think the loveliest time of the year Is the spring, I do, don’t you? ‘Course you do! In the words of the immortal Tom Lehrer,…
March is here, ring the bluebells!
March has many images in my mind. Windy, rainy, blowing in the spring on wings of bluster. When I was growing up in south Florida, it was already 90 degrees on most days in March, so it held less transitive…
Imbolc is coming
Imbolc is upon us in just a couple of weeks. What is Imbolc? It is a returning of the light. It is a day of hope, of reassurance that the sun will come back and grace us with its…
Christy Jackson Nicholas, Author and Artist 