Yule – Motley Moose

Christmas at Barky Manor

November 30, 2021 Diana in NoVa 8

The festive Yuletide table with flowers, bayberry candles, and crackers It was Sister Dear who christened our house “Barky Manor,” because we nearly always had a dog or two running about. […]

Yule Tide

November 30, 2017 Diana in NoVa 11

Goddess women invoke a male deity–and get a Yule surprise! In ones and twos the Circle sisters arrived at the house on the evening of Winter Solstice. They swept through the door, bringing gusts […]

Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

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March 19, 2024 3

Today, March 19th, at 8:06pm Mountain Standard Time (my time!), the Spring Equinox will occur. An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is [...]

Yes, it WAS a Wonderful Life!

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February 28, 2024 9

Imbolc, 2006. L to R, Moira, Beryl, Jenny, and Yrs Truly Looking back, it strikes me as odd that my 33-year-friendship with Beryl began when I met her friend Jenny, rather than with Beryl [...]

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Spring is in the air!

February 1, 2024 3

At the beginning of February, when much of the north appears frozen and lifeless, there are stirrings below the surface and in the sky. The light is returning; today there is nearly an hour more [...]

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Welcome, Returning Light!

December 21, 2023 5

The winter solstice “occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. Though the winter solstice lasts only a moment in time, the term is [...]

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Ghost Bark

October 29, 2023 8

(Excerpt from Rowena Wentworth’s journal) 16 October 2023 I heard it again this morning. It was a bark, just a single bark, but it woke me up from a night’s sleep. I [...]