15 min read First Quarter

First Quarter: Corn dollies

Four stalks of dried wheat have been woven together and looped to make the spikes and the ends dangle, tied with red ribbon.
The "gentleman's favor" style of corn dolly.

This post is for paying subscribers only


Published by:

Fey Hart

You might also like...

Jan
17
A night sky with stars and clouds, but more prominently enormous bright red and pale green streaks of the Northern Lights.

Full Moon: Astrolomy of the aurora

It's Friday. Hello. Though the days grow marginally longer, I sit now in the middle of the coldest
9 min read
Jan
10
Black and white photo of a wall-mounted sundial, hours marked with Roman numerals. Top text reads "as a shadow such is life."

First Quarter: Living by the Sun

Hello. It's Friday, and although it's several weeks past the solstice I still don't
13 min read
Dec
13
A small, lit candle in a dark container sits on some dark fabric near a white scarf and two sprigs of American holly.

First Quarter: Hail to the candlemakers

Hello. It's Friday, and unfortunately a busy one, so I don't expect I can be as
9 min read
Nov
22
Dramatically lit folds of a red velvet curtain.

Full Moon: Strange shadows

It's Friday. Hello. I took note of this in last week's paywalled post as well, but
15 min read
Nov
15
A large pile of relatively clean but unpeeled potatoes. Their skins are yellowish.

First Quarter: A recipe interlude

7 min read