First Quarter

Apr
19
Flat griddle cakes, their sides either dark or golden brown, studded with currants. They're on a cooling rack.

First Quarter: Ancestral recipes

Hello. It's Friday. The world around me is starting to erupt with flowers — forsythia, cherry blossoms, violets, pansies,
10 min read
Mar
22
A collection of twigs bearing greenish leaf buds, with blue sky behind them.

Spring Equinox + First Quarter (Occult): Buds

8 min read
Feb
23
A twelve-inch diameter disk of bluish bronze set with gold celestial objects in an expressive style.

First Quarter (Again): Hail to the smiths

15 min read
Feb
16
A black and white image of a reed broom bound to a wooden handle. It leans against a brick wall outdoors.

First Quarter: Clean houses

Hello. It's Friday, and although my sense of spring is still very mild, certainly we're in
16 min read
Jan
19
A section of a red wool scarf, shown in closeup over a wooden surface. The scarf is knit with garter stitch.

First Quarter: Putting-yourself-into-thing

Hello. It's Friday. Where I live we are still in real winter, praise be, a reprieve from the
12 min read
Dec
22
Dark green, spiky European holly leaves, with their red berry clusters.

Winter Solstice + First Quarter: Holly, ivy

Hello. It's Friday, and I've come back to another post for what I call Jól, the
9 min read
Nov
24
Strips of leather stamped with various repeating geometric or flowery patterns. There is a sepia tone fi

First Quarter: Hail to the leatherworkers

It's Friday. Hello. I doubt I'm going out for any of the grotesque, cancerous feast of
15 min read
Oct
27
A slice of pie with moist, golden filling speckled by black pepper. It sits on a black ceramic plate with a fork nearby.

First Quarter: The kitchen witch

It's Friday. Hello. I'm ill, but on the mend, and the fog has lifted enough that
11 min read
Sep
22
An image split in two. One is red apples on a branch before a green sky. The other is orange maple leaves against a grey sky.

Autumn Equinox + First Quarter: Apple, maple

It's the last day of what I consider the ritual year, and it's Friday. Hello. I&
12 min read
Aug
25
Four stalks of dried wheat have been woven together and looped to make the spikes and the ends dangle, tied with red ribbon.

First Quarter: Corn dollies

15 min read