Archive for the 'holidays' Category

I’d like to present one of my all-time favorite animations: Cupid’s Last Stand, by Katy Towell.

Imbolc Poem

This is my contribution to the Imbolc Cyberspace Poetry Reading… as well as being my only offering for an Imbolc mix tape.

Merry Christmas! Rejoice in the birth of your Savior and the company of your loved ones.

Have a blessed Solstice!

Whatever you celebrate at this season, may your God(s) bless you at this sacred time.

Woven Wheat Whispers is the label that brought out the much-talked-about John Barleycorn Reborn multi-disc compilation back at Lammas (and the much less noticed, but IMO actually superior, “companion” volume, All Souls Arise); they are an outstanding label (if that’s the term) that is doing much to promote a new generation of folk music that [...]

[Note: this is a lightly edited repost from my old LJ. I am hoping to make this an occasional series here, as warranted.]
Good Winter Solstice music is hard to find. In general I do not include filked Christmas carols in the “good” category, although there are a couple of exceptions (and completely new pagan words [...]

So, I was in our local Christmas shop(pe), looking for - but not expecting to find, as indeed I did not - a julbock for the tree… and I came across this amazing, highly shamanic Santa figure. (That’s the cool part.) The frustrating part is that, wanting to share this with you, dear readers, [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

That’s all. Thank you for reading, and may your Gods bless you and yours today and every day.

(NOTE: this is an updated and expanded version of a universally unread post that appeared on my LJ last year. Caveat lector. Also, casual readers may wonder why I am writing about this at all