Tag: midsummer
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Kristin Madden’s Pagan Celebrations Cookbook, Festival Feasts, Is Now Available!
I know, I know. After everything you’ve heard about Kristin being all evil from those Generation Hex authors, you probably expected her new cookbook to be about newt eyes and Hansel and Gretel cookies, but nope, sorry. Instead, you get 188 pages of really wonderful and different recipes that will keep you from ever having…
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A Wonderful Summer Solstice
Photo by littlesprite; used with permission; all rights reserved. With rain on the horizon, a lot of local Solstice rituals were cancelled because they were weather dependent. Or because it was just way too hot outside. Neither was a problem for us. The weather cooled down the moment the circle was cast, the mosquitoes we’d…
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Solstice Reflections: Growing Up and Just Growing
***Summer Solstice 1992: Me kneeling with Shannon and pregnant with Aislinn. Yes, I had my ears triple-pierced and my hair was in an asymmetrical cut under that sequinned headband, but at least not carrying a briefcase and wearing a suit, matching pumps, and matching stockings for a whole day!*** “And as I hung up the…