Full Moon

Apr
18
A view of several megalithic structures that form part of Stonehenge, with green grass and cloudy skies.

Full Moon: "Reconstruction" versus context restoration (a pagan pedant's primer)

It's Friday, and I can now hear the robins at dawn. Hello. Some posts that I describe as
18 min read
Mar
21
A white lamb with a golden halo stands on an altar, blood flowing from its chest into a cup. Angels and humans kneel before it on green grass under sunlight.

Spring Equinox + Full Moon (Again): The sacrificial lamb

It's Friday, and the equinox holiday of Ostara has just passed. Hello. Last year's post for
10 min read
Mar
14
A weathered, old printed page that reads, "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, in three volumes," followed by a Paradise Lost quote and publisher info.

Full Moon: Mary Shelley's masterpiece

It's Friday. Hello. I don't know if this will become a long post or a short
14 min read
Feb
14
A songbird with dark wings and head, an orange breast and belly, and a yellow beak. It sits on snow and some debris.

Full Moon: Birdsong

It's Friday, and I am watching icicles melt to the sound of chickadees, titmice, cardinals, juncos, sparrows, and
11 min read
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
Dec
20
A lit, round beeswax candle carved with floral-ish motifs. It sits on a white plate with a few decorative pinecones nearby.

Winter Solstice + Full Moon: Yuletides of yore, and those yet to come

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
Oct
18
A brown-grey female deer with large, dark eyes and pricked up ears. The background is blurry.

Full Moon (Occult): The short-day rut

9 min read
Sep
20
A decrepit New England-style colonial house with decaying white siding, surrounded by bare trees.

Autumn Equinox + Full Moon: Horror, media, and healing

It's Friday. Hello. After more than a year of health struggles that may come down to a very
8 min read
Aug
23
A black screen printed image of a left handprint, on a white background.

Full Moon: Reading palms

It's Friday. Hello. Speaking of embodied stress, grief, or trauma has become so commonplace, especially online (such a
11 min read