Spiral of Light
Over stars is the mother wandering In her mantle’s flowing folds. Threads of gold and silver starlight for her little child she holds. Throngs of stars behold her passing, all the sky is filled with light. With her hands she weaves and gathers blessings for the candle-lit night. This weekend we prepared for solstice by [...]
What I’ve Been Reading (Solstice Books)
Newly inspired to celebrate Solstice, I’ve been reading a few books — some just for me and some for the kids. The Winter Solstice: The Sacred Traditions of Christmas A detailed book, divided into sections — The Solstice Dream, Child of Wonder, The Green Bough, Old Sir Christmas, and Solstice Animals, with each chapter including [...]
Light and Life… aka Solstice is the most-est!
This year we celebrated Solstice — in our very own way, in a way that I think is going to stick. Like snow, you know. I haven’t been a huge fan of Christmas as a grown-up (nothing against it, just not too energized by it), so once Rom and I had kids we chose to [...]
Loving 2011: Holiday Traditions
Day Eleven: What Holiday Traditions Are You Creating This Year? When Orlando was first born, it seemed pretty straightforward to do what we wanted to do for the winter holidays. After all, he was highly portable, and basically amenable to almost anything as long he was with us! Rom and I wanted to de-emphasize Christmas [...]
A Peaceful and Vibrant Solstice
We are creating our family traditions for solstice… I am looking forward to seeing how things grow and change (and stay the same). This year, we spent some time on Saturday painting watercolor paper and then cutting out stars, a moon, and one giant sun. We hung everything but the sun on the branches of [...]
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