I am still around my lovely peoples. Work has dropped dramatically and because of it we don’t currently have internet at the house. I have to wait until I get to my office in the evenings to be able to connect. Well, I can with my phone but doing blog posts from there is a [...]

Yesterday I went to the Osun Veneration held at a nearby park. I don’t know much about Osun, Yemaya, and Oya but it was an amazing learning experience. First we listened to some amazing singing by the Sahara Peace Choir. It was like a mix of African rhythms and gospel. Very moving and energetic, even [...]

Yesterday was crazy busy. I slept in a bit too late. I needed to go to my office in the morning and get some work done before meeting not from town friends for lunch. I first went to the store to pick up items for the potluck that evening. I made it to my office [...]

Remember yesterday how I said that I felt Lammas was “prepping for the end of the year”, well here it is August and we are planning our Samhain celebration! Now to fully understand, we take the entire month to decorate and enjoy in festivities. I have a Halloween party each year the weekend before Halloween, [...]

So yesterday was Lammas. For those readers that don’t know what Lammas is it is the first of the Harvesting Holy Days. Lots of people begin harvesting and canning right around this time. It signifies, for me anyway, the beginning of the end of our year. Mabon is the 2nd Harvesting Holy Day, and Samhain [...]