I've been gradually collecting camping equipment, and I finally have all of the basics: Tent Pegs Guy Lines Mallet Cot Sleeping bag LED Lanterns Compass Water Bottle Flint Fire Starter (and some tender to practice fire making/tending) Kooler Small First Aid Kit Next I'll start focusing on a backpack and cookery.  Not propane--I know there's more control with propane, but I want to learn how to 1) start a fire and 2) cook on an open fire. I also want a hand saw, a hatchet, and a nice pocket knife, too, for wood and general use.  Later, cold weather gear. Camping for fun and for spirituality.  I'm at the point of my Seiðr practise that Freyja and my guides want me to go camping and perform utisetis.   Also learning how to make, tend, and cook with fire are devotional actions for my Hearth Kindreds, and those wild ones who want me to be out in nature more often. Which brings us back to the basic gear--the peg mallet.  It's basic, not fancy at a...

 In yesterday's post, I talked about Spring Equinox with the family .  Because that post was getting long, I decided to save the Community Reading for today.  Also I've got some thoughts about Eostre.  On Bluesky, I saw a post from someone who said that Ostara wasn't Irish Celtic (specified on my end, because the Celts weren't just in Ireland, there were tribes all over Europe, and they had different deities), and they gave an Irish holy day instead. They're right (if you're someone who wants to stick to one hearth culture), I'm not sure what language Ostara is (because the Wiccan Wheel of the Year mixes cultures together), but the main spring goddess associated isn't an Irish one, but a Germanic one: Eostre ("Yow-str").  Now there's also some debate about whether or not Eostre is a real goddess, or whether She's ancient or modern.  I don't keep up on the arguments because I don't care.  Just because something isn't ancient ...

March 20 :  Spring Equinox - March 20, 2026 The Sun is strong enough to carry itself higher into the sky! Reindeer Mother has calved and shed Her antlers!  She's reunited with Her herd! Now it is time for Rabbit and Serpent to take Their places as Gatekeeper in my ADF Druidry! Also it's the Epopteia, Persephone has returned from the Underworld, walking with Life in every step! Happy First Day of Spring here in the northern hemisphere and Fall in the southern.  I don't know if I have any southern hemi readers, but all the same. I don't have a big ritual planned for today or tomorrow.  On Tuesday or Wednesday, my online grove did a Good Luck ritual round robin, where we used dice, and Loki, Crows, and Raven gave advice about turning bad luck into good luck via practical means. My kids haven't said anything about this High Day...plus today, Midkid's coming back from a 2 day school camping trip.  Normally, I'd be reading equinox stories to them leading up, but I...

In the spirit of March 17th, our High Day ritual focused on the energies of growing good luck and honoring Luck Entities. As it was a round robin (and the script has 3 different speaking options for each part), Willow had the idea to use dice, and the three of us grabbed our D&D dice sets.  Willow used the D4 to see which option of the script she'd speak. "Let's roll for inspiration!" One of my D4s I gotta say that I love that the three of us Druids in attendance were all D&D nerds! Before ritual we were talking about different luck deities, and Loki showed up. Said that chaos was very much a part of luck, especially bad luck. Chaos deities like Him can aid us in dealing with bad luck--getting through it--helping to be prepared, helping to turn bad luck into good lessons and into future good luck through practical means, not always through miracles and magik--relying on other outside forces. Relying on yourself instead.  That those experiences and lessons...

TW: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse. A visual transition from Shadow Work to Light Work. --------- I finished my Hearth Throw that was originally going to be my Winter Solstice Healing Blanket...until I got sick and thought it was a good idea to crochet... ...thus royally messing it up.  But its still a blanket.  I'm going to redo the Winter Solstice Healing Blanket later. Since I finished one of the three High Day throw/blankets I was working on, I started on the Midspring Bouquet Throw/Blanket.  50-70 inches is a throw.  Anything bigger is a blanket, according to the interwebs.  Guess we'll see when I feel done, at the same time, I don't want to have a giant bouquet, you know? 21.5 inches so far... So far, it's very pretty.  I'm finding myself drawn to pinks, purples, and whites this March.  I'll end up putting yellow, blue, and lavender flowers on the edge, tying it with the Spring Equinox Healing Throw.  I'm still deciding if I want to add a springy...

Today's reading I'll be using the Womanrunes by Brigid's Grove and ROAR oracle by MJ Cullinane.  I'm also feeling Lilith and Hekate present. Lilith and Hekate, what message do you have on this IWD? Lilith through the ROAR Oracle: " Ground and be still.  Learn to listen better instead of only reacting.  Ground and gather facts, not opinions.  Not imagery.  Fact.  Cold, hard, un-coddling facts.  Blunt, Direct.  Be smart, not a raging fool. " I've drawn: Joan Beauchamp Proctor "Follow your instincts and you will find the right path." I feel like this is more of that 'listen less to others--peer pressure to think, act, and do'.  Trust yourself and get the facts before acting.   " Don't jump because those around you are.  Who are these others?  Do you align with them?  Friends?  Strangers?  Do they pay your home bills?  Are you giving them free rent in your head?  Why are you going along with the mob?...

In the Skaði post, I talked about a dream that I had years ago with two Polar Bears. Years later, Skaði revealed that the bears were Her and her ex, Njörðr. I learned that He's the Norse Vanir God of the Sea, father of Freyr and Freyja. Other than the dream, I didn't meet Njörðr again until 2020-21, when I was a member of the Wyrd Sanctuary. I think it was after one of our rituals. I tranced to a twilight desert that was empty, yet had weird shadows that stretched across the barren landscape. The time passed from twilight and slowly dimmed. I found myself standing next to a massive vegvisir, half submerged in the ground, yet ticking like a clock. Although not an ancient symbol--definitely not viking--vegvisir is like a compass that represents wayfinding and protection. Although I've read that it's also not a compass, which is fine, but that's what it is to me. I didn't even know what the symbol was when I first saw it. Giant and strange, the whole scene was. In...

 As I wrote my post for Artemis , another Huntress was in my brain, wanting a post, too.   Years ago, like in the early 00's, possibly late 90's, I had a dream that's still stuck with me.  In the dream I was sitting on a mound or an igloo, with two polar bears.  A silent male and a talkative female.  In my experience, animal spirits don't use human language, but the Deities disguised as animals do.  In the dream, I joined the female and we walked and talked.  The quiet male stayed on the other side of the mound. I still can't remember what we talked about.  I thought the Deity in disguise was Artemis, but it wasn't.  For a long time, I didn't know Who these bears were. 2014-15, I was introduced to Loki through a story where He tied his balls to a goat in order to make a  Jötunn  laugh.  It was so ridiculous and it remains my favorite Loki myth.  The  Jötunn  who laughed was Skaði--a bow wielding Wintery Gian...

TW: Suicide My Artemis Shrine from 2015 Today I'm going to talk about my relationship with the Greek Goddess of the Hunt, Artemis .  Daughter of Zeus and Leto, and twin to Apollon.  One who never wanted to be married, and so Zeus actually honored Her request.  She chose to hang with Nymph Handmaidens and hunting hounds, instead of a horny, dramatic husband. I don't think that means She was a virgin in terms of never having sex.  Back in the old days, at some point virgin just ment unwed.  She did have lovers, just no husbands or wives, as far as I'm aware. Like all or perhaps most deities, I believe Her to be pansexual and polyamorous.   Artemis is a protector of the forests, animals, ethical hunters, girls, the moon (although I don't see this one, why not the Earth--everything else about Her is earthy), and is associated with birth.  Once she was born, Artemis helped Leto give birth to Apollon.  She's associated with the good and bad stuff ...