Happy Belated Mothers Day to those who observe.  My weekend was pretty nice.  On Saturday, we had finally had a nice, dry--but windy--weekend day.  So I tried out an pop up tent that I got for visiting the lake beach.  It's big!  It'll totally fits our cooler, stuff, and the 4-5 of us.  It's short, so I can't stand in it, but that's fine.  I got it to keep our stuff somewhat secured and to give us a break from the sun to rest, eat, and hydrate.  Our cooler will be heavy enough to keep it from blowing away--I have long tent pegs, I just don't know if they'll work in sand.  I'll try those out, too.  My midkid also has big rocks that we can try, too.  Now to have more warm days so the lake gets to comfortable swimming temps. I also thought I had trouble getting up from the ground, turns out that I can get up from the earth just fine.  It's hard man-made surfaces that I struggle with.  Hurts my knees.  No give.  Wher...

Back in 2014-2015, as I was learning how to develop and hone my psychic abilities, Hekate and Dionysus told me to get a set of runes. Years before I had tried to learn Elder Futhark runes, but at the time, it was just too difficult for me, since some of the runes kind of look the same or the names are a little too similar (having dyslexia certainly didn't help). I was nervous when my Teachers said to learn, but away I went to shop for a set of runes.   I went to one of my favorite spiritual shops, The Magical Druid , here in Central Ohio. As I was looking, I came across a set of runes that I've never seen before: 13 Witches' Runes. There were only 13, compared to EF's 24, and the symbols were easy to learn, so I bought the set pictured above. Reading the instructions, which I can't really remember anymore, a part stuck with me, that I do with all of my different rune sets: blow into the bag before drawing or casting. I don't remember if the instructions said wh...

Did you know that some believe that the Yule Goat is connected to Thor's goats, Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjostr? Thor sacrifices his goats to feed his family. In the morning, He resurrects them with His mighty hammer. In our family, on Yule Eve, after our Mother Reindeer Ritual and the Yule Pumpkin hunt, we leave out offerings of sun cookies for Reindeer Mother and Elen of the Ways, mead or whiskey for Odin and Sleipnir, and oatmeal and carrots for the Yule Goat and Tomte. In the morning, the kids find their stockings filled with treats, something to wear, and a gift wrapped in plain brown paper and twine. Some people also burn their straw or wooden goats, then make a new one each year, a similar tradition to burning a Yule Log/candles or a stick bundle, stuffed with bay leaves and slips of paper with hopes and wishes. If you have Gift Givers this holiday season, who are they? What are your holiday traditions? Or perhaps you have more information about the Yule Goat or any other winter...