August 25, 2011 – 10:35 am
Greetings, As many of you know , those of us who live in east coast states are preparing for Hurricane Irene. My little town of Carrboro, NC currently lies just at the edge of the outermost bands of the current projected path for the storm. However, nobody knows for certain what will happen as the [...]
Greetings once again! Here in North Carolina we are still enduring this summer’s notorious heatwave. Today we are seeing some nominal relief with a high of only 87. Yesterday we were up around 104 without the heat index. So in comparison 87 is not so bad until you add the humidity that makes the air’s [...]
Greetings! Summer heat has kicked in full force and we’re headed towards August which is generally the hottest month in my neck of the woods. However, this also means it is Llewellyn Annuals season! The 2012 Editions have just hit store shelves and I am featured in Llewellyn’s 2012 Witches’ Companion as well as Llewellyn’s [...]
By Blake
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Tagged author, books, heat, Llewellyn, Magical Almanac, paganism, publishing, summer, witchcraft, Witches' Companion, Writing
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Greetings! Since my last post spring has sprung and luckily has stuck around for awhile! It seemed in 2010 we had about five days total of spring weather before summer heat and humidity arrived. This year we’ve been able to enjoy a few months thus far of spring weather. I of course utilize the wonderful [...]
By Blake
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Tagged Balance, Earth, healing, Hekate, May, Pachamama, Reiki, Sabbats, Shamanism, Teaching, Writing
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Greetings and a Happy Maha Shivaratri to you! Today is the Hindu festival celebrating Lord Shiva. There are many traditions as to what the occasion. In some traditions it is believed that this marks the night that Shiva appeared in a form in which the human eye could interpret. Another belief is that this is [...]
January 6, 2011 – 4:49 pm
Happy 2011 to everyone! I wish all of you a healthy, happy, prosperous, and smooth year. The winter holidays here went well and were full of celebrations. Shortly after Thanksgiving we put up our Yule tree and broke out the winter holiday décor. This is a celebratory ritual process in itself. When the trees are [...]
November 15, 2010 – 6:02 pm
Autumn Greetings! In some ways it is hard to believe that it is already November but the signs are tell tale. The foliage here in North Carolina has turned a wonderful patchwork of harvest golds, oranges, and reds. The weather is becoming consistently more crisp, however, there is still the occasional warmer day that catches [...]
September 4, 2010 – 6:33 pm
Greetings! Harvest season is upon us and I hope that everyone is celebrating in their own way and reflecting upon the projects and aspects of our lives that we have been working hard to bring to fruition and are currently or soon will be harvesting. The is much to talk about since the last update [...]