It is spring in California and though we are still getting colder nights and days of rain, the days are getting longer and the chickens are responding by laying eggs again. Unlike in factory farms where lights keep the hens laying year round, my chickens take a break around winter solstice and don’t really start …
I was just my mother’s daughter. You may think that being the daughter of a goddess is all frolicking and flower picking and ambrosia and harps. Okay, it is all that. And it’s living life in the shadows—someone else’s shadow at that. A big, fat, Olympian, grain-filled, fertile shadow. I couldn’t exactly say that to Demeter. She’s too busy …
In hopes that you, dear reader, may be inspired to incorporate this song into some of your ritual work, I am sharing some thoughts about how that may be accomplished. It would honor the Crow Women greatly to know that others in the Pagan and Wiccan community find our music inspiring and useful. First, please …
This post, part 1 of the Candle Flame series, describes Marilyn’s experience in writing the song Candle Flame. Part 2 will explore ways you can use the song in your own ceremonies. The song lyrics appear at the end of this blog entry. “Let us light a candle flame…” How often we turn toward the …
