Hey! :) Wondering what your plans are for Imbolc?

[blackroseivy]

As a solitary with absolutely NO background in guidance of any kind whatsoever (!), I'd love to hear descriptions of people's traditions, & what rituals others are going to be enacting. I have a lovely altar set up (I always do!), but I'd love to have a richer experience... Anything to share out there?

[Ron]

I have my little purely natural 100% organic tools for use. That's right, I don't use anything from modern society. Everything I use in my rites is borrowed from the Earth.

I am doing nothing for Imbloc. I don't celebrate the festival - see this (http://mysticwicks.com/showpost.php?p=1499688&postcount=16). But I'll probably have my nightly and morningly (est-ce un mot ? is that a word? lol) rite that morning and night.

:) ehehe *ancient pagan chuckle belly laughter* (if you dont get the joke, you've got a slow mind)

[skilly-nilly]

I have my little purely natural 100% organic tools for use. That's right, I don't use anything from modern society. Everything I use in my rites is borrowed from the Earth.

I am doing nothing for Imbloc. I don't celebrate the festival - see this (http://mysticwicks.com/showpost.php?p=1499688&postcount=16). But I'll probably have my nightly and morningly (est-ce un mot ? is that a word? lol) rite that morning and night.

:) ehehe *ancient pagan chuckle belly laughter* (if you dont get the joke, you've got a slow mind)

When I click on the link I see a post of yours about the 8-fold year and celebrating the begining of the year at Hallowe'e'n---not quite sure how this relates to not celebrating Imbolc? :hrmm:

[Mòrag Elasaid Ní Dhòmhnaill]

I was going to say the same thing skilly, because I clearly see Imbolc on that list of his.

As for what I will be doing...We (family and I) will be making a feast that is heavy on the dairy, especially butter, as it is traditional due to this being when the ewes started to lactate in preparation for birthing. It is typical to make bannocks at this time, however we will instead be making shortbread, which in itself is very butter heavy. We will also be making Brighde's Crosses and welcoming the goddess into our home in a traditional ritual performed well into the 20th century in the Scottish Highlands (though since this ritual was highly female centered and my family consists of me and two males, this might be something I do on my own) recorded in the Carmina Gadelica. Imbolc was recognized as the beginning of spring by the Celtic speaking tribes who honored it and so we will probably go outside to a local park and look for signs indicating that winter will soon be on it's way out. And of course spring cleaning and a relighting of the hearth fire (if you have a hearth, for me it might involve a cleansing and reblessing of the candle I have dedicated to Brighde since I currently don't have a hearth) should be done at this time, before welcoming in the goddess. If I can I may also try out a form of divination that the Scots Gaels practiced that was also said to specifically be the form perferred by Brighde. However due to my living situation and the nature of the divination (Frith (http://home.flash.net/~bellbook/faolcu/frith.html)) I may not be able to. I also tend to think of Imbolc as the new year (spring and the rebirth of life just screams new year to me, whether or not this is traditional is not the issue, because it's clearly not) so my husband and I will start sowing the seeds for any plans we want to put into action and harvest later in the year. :smile:

[blackroseivy]

Cool, I wouldn't know how to initerpret any but the simplest of auguries so I guess I'm out of luck there, although I will be scrying. BTW: Is Imbolc proper the 1st or the 2nd? I can never remember! (Or does it vary "from tribe to tribe"?) ;)

[Mòrag Elasaid Ní Dhòmhnaill]

The calendar the Celtic tribes followed set the beginning of a new day at sundown, so I guess you could say it's both. It would begin at sundown of the first and run until sundown of the second.

[Darakash]

Fire fire fire, light light light, yes I am being redundant; and I am sorry! I just can't help myself! Though I do not do the formal thing for imbolc I love the whole birth of light kind of idea and also there are some really cool corn dollies to make if you have the patience! This particular day reminds of of a sort of Pagan thanksgiving (in a good way!) and I feeel a strong desire to do the spring cleaning thing!
dK

[Ron]

When I click on the link I see a post of yours about the 8-fold year and celebrating the begining of the year at Hallowe'e'n---not quite sure how this relates to not celebrating Imbolc? :hrmm:
OKay you kelties... The post shows the ysprydnosau which are Beltane, Summer Solstice and Samhain. The post also shows how I include Winter Solstice as the celebration of the new year. Me, I celebrate the ysprydnosau and the Winter Solstice... that's all. :) I hope that cryptically comes across as : Rhys only celebrates the ysprydnosau (Beltane, Summer Solstice, Samhain) and Winter Solstice. :)

Hope that clears things up, in some cryptic way. :bothsides

[Mòrag Elasaid Ní Dhòmhnaill]

OKay you kelties... The post shows the ysprydnosau which are Beltane, Summer Solstice and Samhain. The post also shows how I include Winter Solstice as the celebration of the new year. Me, I celebrate the ysprydnosau and the Winter Solstice... that's all. :) I hope that cryptically comes across as : Rhys only celebrates the ysprydnosau (Beltane, Summer Solstice, Samhain) and Winter Solstice. :)

Hope that clears things up, in some cryptic way. :bothsides

If you don't celebrate it I don't understand why it was included on your list, or the others for that matter that you don't celebrate. :huh:

[blackroseivy]

Can't understand why it's not on the list, it's the big Brighid fest. I am going to have to share my Imbolc altar here - day & night. It's too beautiful to not share! My "dolly" isn't of corn, but I like to think of this as modern. I have nothing to make a proper one from, so when I make one it will be from whatever I have on hand. Hope you like!

[BlueTicona]

Wanted to say first off...very nice ceremonial space! :)

I'm currently making mine of nature and the air element. My goal is to have everything done along with my first Oak Staff by the eve of Imbolc...lots of work to be done -.-

I am going to purchase 21 total plants [because my apartment is bare for one thing lol] and faunas to add to my room in celebration for choosing the druidic path when I was 21 years old. It's alot of plants I know...but I just have a small apartment so there's plenty of room for them. ;)

I'm going to try and get as many different varities that I can and am more then open to any suggestions friends may have here.

My staff is a bunch of work! Really lol. I went to walmart [boo hoo] and was able to get this small u-shaped carving knife and I've been widdling away at it now since the beging of Samhain lol...

OH...ONE BIG QUESTION I was meaning to ask way back when. What oils does everyone here use during ceremony and celebrations and also during the "normal times"?

blue

[BlueTicona]

Oh, and also...
Since I live in a urban area I had to go MILES and MILES out to the nearest park to get me a decent staff...which is only 3 feet tall...I suppose it's the 'mini version' of the staff to come eventually ;) [And I'm thinking of getting it nicely oiled and use it only during ceremonys and celebrations.]

blue

[blackroseivy]

I have decided on a blend of violet (orris) & sandalwood; it's very light & a very nice blend. It seems to presage Spring!

[Pandoras]

Well, last night (Saturday, the 29th) I went to a formal Imbolc ritual, hosted by my local Wiccan coven at the UU Church. It was your standard (indoor) ritual - cast the circle, call the quarters, invoke the elements, etc. There were candles everywhere and most people were dressed in white. Then, we went outside and did the Spiral Dance near a large bonfire, walked the labyrinth, ate, drank, and had a good ole time.

I'll be setting up my altar later tonight - white altar cloth and lots of candles - and on Imbolc, I'll have my own private ritual, alone. I'll make a Brigid's cross and go heavy on the dairy, light all the lights, etc.

[lightdragon]

Former Imbolc rituals were the usual ritual settings. Additional stuff would be collecting virgin snow and setting on the altar. I still have the melted snow from last year. If i can't find more virgin snow i`ll use last year's one. Also the use of 13 brown candles in a circle.
I read a blessing of fire and water is traditional to Brighid.
Quater candles will be white

[blackroseivy]

I just have to ask: What qualifies as "virgin" snow? Newly-fallen? Does it have to be this?

Also: I always read about "quarter-candles". Are these an absolute necessity: I haven't been using them simply due to practical considerations.

:D

[skilly-nilly]

This is my favorite holiday of the year!
For me, this is the beginning of the year, when the sun starts to become stronger and the year tips towards Spring. I have read references that name this moon 'Winter's Rind Moon'--very appropriate. The meaning I find in the day is that, while it's not Spring yet, Spring isn't too far away--which is where the tradition of Groundhog's Day comes from. I perceive the New Year as beginning on Imbolc (Feb 2nd) which is also the day, in my belief cycle, that the Infant King is born to the Great Mother (in the personification of Bride) because it is 9 months after the day (Bealtaine, May 1st) that the Green Man and the Maiden Goddess become lovers.

We have a yearly party on my day off closest to the day (Sunday this year) with decorations of strings of lights (a star in the window of purple Giftmass lights) and spring flowers, massive buffet, and Irish music. In my opinion, February needs any help it can get for celebration since the only holiday it gets from society is the Holiday of Prove your Love through Expensive Gifts. I have saved 2 old cartoons about Feb--1 which explains that it's actually the longest month since all of the few days are a week long and with bad weather, and 1 which gives the derivation as 'ary' meaning month and 'Febru' as meaning hideous.

The tradition of the feast (every holiday has a feast) is that, since we haven't starved to death yet, we will likely live to the new growth and can break into the stores of saved food. For me, this is frozen berries--looking back to the last harvest and forward to the harvest yet to come. The harvest of perennial and wild plants is especially meaningful to me since they persist without our planting and nurture. It's a gift from the Goddess to us.

This is also the season of looking at seed and plant catalogs. In the mags everything looks beautiful, and in my mind everything grows perfectly and there are no weeds. Thinking about how beautiful the growing season to come will be is a focus-forward.
Oh, to be somewhere where things are actually growing at Imbolc!!!
The improved quality of the sunlight is real here, though, and very welcome......ahhhhhhh.

I am now gearing up for our annual party. The berry and wine punch has the added meaningfulness of the berries coming as a gift from a friend's yard. We have also started a personal tradition of drinking a toast to the holiday with chocolate shooter glasses and eating the cups afterwards. I think of it as a dairy product in keeping with the Holiday. During the societal holiday season I buy pre-made chocolate shells (the box shows them with custard inside) and this year I have gotten home-made mead from the community here! I'm also having strawberries for non-chocolate people and milk for non-alcohol people

This is a restful, happy holiday for me. There isn't any Xian counterpart to explain away--no one says, "What!!!You don't celebrate Groundhog Day!!! (or Candlemass)". There isn't any rampant commercialism--no irritating ads, "Buy your Sweetie daffodils for Imbolc!!!" or "Special Imbolc buffet--all you can eat at starvation prices!!!" Just a holiday for ourselves alone.

* closes her eyes and chants, "I DO believe in Spring, I DO believe in Spring, I DO......"*
May the Hunger pass over us all lightly and the Spring Green come again.

[Morgandria]

Quarter Candles: I don't use them. Flame does not represent the different elements to me; just Fire. So I represent my elements with items on the altar, instead. My coven only uses quarter candles to mark the boundaries of the outside temple, and then with appropriately coloured glass candleholders.

My altar is invariably white and red for Imbolg. I usually have a Brid'eo'ga, but I might not this year, and instead do my 19 candles ritual. It'll be small and simple, since I'm also celebrating with my coven on Saturday.
-M.

[Ron]

If you don't celebrate it I don't understand why it was included on your list, or the others for that matter that you don't celebrate. :huh:
lol Mòrag. The list was one of common-Wicca holy-days. I bolded out the ones that I celebrate. :P Sorry about the confusion.

@skilly-nilly: That sounds very nice. I hope it turns out to be a good one. :)

I hope everyone has a great Imbloc. :sunny:

[Mòrag Elasaid Ní Dhòmhnaill]

lol Mòrag. The list was one of common-Wicca holy-days. I bolded out the ones that I celebrate. :P Sorry about the confusion.

@skilly-nilly: That sounds very nice. I hope it turns out to be a good one. :)

I hope everyone has a great Imbloc. :sunny:

Thank you. I read through that post two or three times and honestly just couldn't figure it out.

[blackroseivy]

It sounds as if others have the same love for this holiday as I do for the same reasons: we don't share it, not a whiff of commercialism goes with it... To date, only 1 movie yet so far: "Groundhog Day" (good thing it was a good one!). I am going to work all dressed up - it's just a tiny local library, & I can explain to the people I work with why I'm dressed up. (All in white with a few pink-rose accents!) This season has added meaning to me because my b-day is coming up... V-day. I can only hope that it's better than last year (39 & still looking for someone - *awful* on Valentine's DAy *anyway*, but it's my BIRTHDAY!! :( ).

[lightdragon]

I just have to ask: What qualifies as "virgin" snow? Newly-fallen? Does it have to be this?

basically untouched snow.

Also: I always read about "quarter-candles". Are these an absolute necessity: I haven't been using them simply due to practical considerations.

:D
no.Quarter candles are not necessary.
Like Morgandria ,I also have element representations on my altar as well

[Mòrag Elasaid Ní Dhòmhnaill]

Quarter candles and reperesentations of the classical elements aren't a necessary part of my worship, because well they aren't part of the beliefs of the Celtic tribes. I'm a recon and don't feel the need to incorporate elements from neo-paganism or ceremonial magic into my practice.

My ritual tonight/tomorrow won't even take place at an alar. My altars are a place I go to to leave offerings or pray, not necessarily to perform rituals.

[Morgandria]

*nods* I tend to recon ways, esp. in regards to research, but I am a practicing Wiccan. If I were doing a recon rite this year there'd be no quarters.

[Ladyvi]

we take an oriental approach to imbolc. the festival of laterns. we light a candle in every room some outside even. ideas thought of on yule can now be yielded to a bit of planning on imbolc. so any new things you wish to start .. this is a good time to start planning them. and implementing them.so a blessing upon your endeavors is not out of the relm.

while we call the four quarters and the elements. i personally dont usually call the cross quarters unless im doing some heavy magick. and cross quarters are not necessarily garnished from ceremonialist or neo0-pagan. just a forgotten relm of energies like a lot of the forgotten lore that the neo pagans and ceremonialist brought back into usage. and i dont think it is out of the relm of druids to use them as well. ok so they are not celtic recon. they are however very useful in certain instances.

[lightdragon]

Quarter candles and reperesentations of the classical elements aren't a necessary part of my worship, because well they aren't part of the beliefs of the Celtic tribes. I'm a recon and don't feel the need to incorporate elements from neo-paganism or ceremonial magic into my practice.
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I`m a neo-pagan and do employ elements of ceremonial magic. That may change.

[Maggie]

Quarter candles and reperesentations of the classical elements aren't a necessary part of my worship, because well they aren't part of the beliefs of the Celtic tribes. I'm a recon and don't feel the need to incorporate elements from neo-paganism or ceremonial magic into my practice.

My ritual tonight/tomorrow won't even take place at an alar. My altars are a place I go to to leave offerings or pray, not necessarily to perform rituals.


This is mine--tonight there's a lit candle and milk sitting on it. It's more of representation than an altar, really.

Maggie

[maelstrom]

This Imbolc is going to fun. I found instructions - finally clear instructions! - to make a Cross of Brigid, and I also found a really cool sight that had crafts for children on Imbolc that suggested using pipe cleaners instead of corn stocks or wheat sheaves. (I will be including both of the links at the bottom of the message.)
Anyway, so I went to the craft store and bought red, orange and white pipe cleaners that I will be making into cool, colorful crosses. One for each room that will that will be taken down next Imbolc. The three colors were chosen to represent Brigid’s three aspects as Smith, Healer and Patroness of Poets. Only three of the multitude of skills The Exalted One is patroness of.
So, I’m also going to be cleaning my house tonight, because it needs it, and when I’m done I’m going to do a little ritual of lighting a candle in every window of the house. I think I’ll read some of my poetry and write something original for the Goddess, and find traditional poems about her on the Internet. I’ve already found a couple of cool ones (links to follow).
I am thinking about taking this moment as well to dedicate myself to the Goddess Brigid. I feel a strong link to this deity, and this Imbolc happens to come at a time of an upraising of spiritual interest in my life. I’ll have to meditate on that.
Oh, rambling. Hope I didn’t overshare.

Many blessings.

http://www.iol.ie/~scphadr/makecross.html
http://home.gci.net/~barbaraflahertypoetry/id49.htm
http://paganwiccan.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=paganwiccan&zu=http%3A%2F%2Frealmagick.com%2Farticles%2F07%2F1807.html
:bouncybob

[Pandoras]

Maelstrom,

Check out this MW thread - http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=83943 - and the Pagan Parenting link in my sig.

[blackroseivy]

Well, I've had my Imbolc - spoiled rather by theft from my bank account, but that's being straightened out. I had lovely ritual bath with "crusade" oil from "Medieval" (boy, if you don't know them, *definitely* check 'em out at "Sisters of the Moon"!!), & I did a dedication according to Mara Freeman's book ("Kindling the Celtic Spirit", a *lovely* book! :D). I listened to "The Blessing & Descent of the Goddess Brighid" from the marvellous lone album by The Moors (Sharynn MacCleod nicMacha has just written a book, & more music will follow!! :D) I'd also love to know what people here do as reconstructionists - what do you do instead of calling quarters? I have a lingering Wiccan habit, but I'd *love* to go more purist, I just don't know how! Happy Imbolc, everyone! ;)

[skilly-nilly]

I'd also love to know what people here do as reconstructionists - what do you do instead of calling quarters? I have a lingering Wiccan habit, but I'd *love* to go more purist, I just don't know how! Happy Imbolc, everyone! ;)

I'm not a re-constructionist-----re-creationist might be closer to the mark. I call myself an Irish traditionalist when I am pressed for a label.

So, speaking purely personaly, here's what I do. What works for me.

What associative qualities does 'calling the quarters' have for you? I think that parallels can always be drawn into personal practice:

There is nothing specifically 'Wiccan' or 'Celtic' about the cardinal directions; associating them with elements is Wiccan, but the directions themselves just are. For example, "into the West" isn't just a fine movie, it's an association of a direction with Magic. So I generally invoke beings who's associations are in accord with the associations of the directions.

In the same vein, I wouldn't 'cast a circle'; I call the attention of Spirit to what I am doing, but since the Energy tends to fall into a spherical shape it could be perceived as circular--again I don't make it a circle, it just is. I'm also not 'creating' sacred space, I'm recognising the sacredness that is already in the space--I perceive the action as 'pulling up' rather than 'drawing down'.

Of course, there are some things that don't associate:

There are not 4 directions, but 5 (or 9 depending on the world-view).

There are not 4 elements, but 3 (although 'realms' works better as a descriptive than 'elements')--Fire is something different.

Everything has associative qualities, but is not "the same as" the things it associates with.

Making jokes about one's personal beliefs and generally acting silly is not only acceptable, but encouraged. Sarcasm and mockery are viewed as an appropriate response to puffed-up and portentious behavior and more/equally honorable weapons than a flashy sword and heroic stance.

*goes off to scrape the cat hair off the chairs in preparation for the Imbolc Party Sunday* :fpartyman , skilly-nilly


_catroll_ _catroll_ :atantrum: _catroll_ _catroll_ _catroll_

[Nantonos]

In the same vein, I wouldn't 'cast a circle'; I call the attention of Spirit to what I am doing, but since the Energy tends to fall into a spherical shape it could be perceived as circular--again I don't make it a circle, it just is. I'm also not 'creating' sacred space, I'm recognising the sacredness that is already in the space--I perceive the action as 'pulling up' rather than 'drawing down'.

Thats a good description, and closely matches my own approach to this. The space itself does not need to be made sacred - it is the practitioner who needs to attune to the particular sacred qualities of the space.

[Rhianna813]

Thank you all for sharing your altar pics - very beautiful! And for personal Imbolc celebrations. I am attending a group celebration next monday. They celebrate Imbolc near the new moon apparently. For myself... I am attempting to redefine how I celebrate now that I am a Mom. This is because I want to start some family traditions that we can all cherish and also because everything changes when you have a baby! Suddenly time is at a premium, everything must be moved to a high shelf or stored away, and teething and meltdowns don't know it's a major holiday! LOL

So I kept things short and simple this year. My husband made a lovely copper Brighid's cross for me and I am still scouting out the best spot for it to hang. I lit a large favorite candle holder that holds 3 white pillars. I placed the Brighids cross at it's base. I said my blessings. I also put a dish of milk, honey, and bread out for the land spirits.

Probably the best thing I did was delivery a homemade meal to family who just had a baby girl. They are in my parenting group. Laying eyes on a new baby is the finest blessing!

Rhianna

[Mòrag Elasaid Ní Dhòmhnaill]

Danubhe, it's a little difficult to really explain how I perceive ritual. When I do a ritual it's not something that is said aside as separate from the rest of my life. I don't need to light specific candles and go to a specific place, I don't need to cast a circle or anything like that because ritual is just part of everyday life. I guess the best way to put it is that life is a series of rituals. It is not only a sacred religious act, but it is also part of an established routine.

In the morning, I say a traditional verse to greet the sun. Everyday. There are also verses for the full and new moons. Throughout the day I pray. When I eat, I pray. I have certain activities that are done on the Feast Days. At Imbolc for example, I make foods heavy on the dairy (especially butter) like shortbread, I make Brighde's crosses, and I invite Brighde in. At Lunasdl we go out berry-picking as our own form of bringing in the harvest, we spend the rest of the day playing games, reminiscent of the war games enacted on that day by Lugh.

There are other traditions as well that are done on a regular basis, but not having my own home I've not been able to do myself such as smooring the fire (since I doubt I'll have need of a nightly fire this can be done with a candle or thermostat in the modern world) and putting out offerings for the land spirits, and having a western room dedicated to my ancestors where offerings can be left and I can communicate with them. Since it is typical in the Scots Gaelic tradition to count the gods as ancestors, the god whom my clan is believed to be descended from (Angus Mac Og) also has his alter in there.

So, like I said, ritual for me isn't something that's set aside and kept separate. It is part of my everyday routine and life. I don't need to perform any acts to make it sacred, because life itself is sacred and these rituals are constant reminders of that.

[Maggie]

Thank you all for sharing your altar pics - very beautiful! And for personal Imbolc celebrations. I am attending a group celebration next monday. They celebrate Imbolc near the new moon apparently.

When growing up my family was very involved with the church--I even taught Sunday School at one point, sang in the church choir, sometimes played my flute--but it didn't necessarily carry over into our home in daily life. When small I did learn table grace, but it was my grandmother who taught me a bedtime prayer. I simply don't have an every day habit of observance, no matter what religion it is. And German Lutheran is not particularly ritualistic, to this day I am not comfortable with elaborate rituals.

My altar actually is a good example of what I actually do. There are representations of Earth, Sea, and Sky in the plants, fountain and sky globe. The large bowl of plants is part of an arrangement from my father's funeral. There are other odds and ends on there, including a skean dubh for me and a dagger for himself my husband made. The long banner hanging on the wall is a piece of embroidary I did with celtic patterns. There's also a large candlestick which I do use for the few rituals I do because fire makes the sacred space for me. This Imbolc was very simple. I had cleaned up, added to and rearranged the table the day before, after sundown on the first. I lit the candle, set a glass of milk on the table and gave Bridghe my thoughts and hopes. I also planted a few seeds in those little greenhouses because where I live now February is a reasonable time to start looking for some sign of spring somewhere! (Yes, it's snowed since then but on the other hand my hellebores are blooming right on schedule). I then spent the evening turning my newest batch of wool into yarn. It appeared to be acceptable, since the candle burned without a flicker into literally nothing--no drips, no wax left, just an empty candlestick. So--now I look forward to my seeds sprouting and new wool coming as I wait for the snow to go away!

Maggie

[Ladyvi]

up here in northeastern pa.. im going to wait just a little bit longer before i do any plantings or seed starting.. besides got the new baby to take care of. so i suppose in a way got a little seedling anyhow :D

[Maggie]

up here in northeastern pa.. im going to wait just a little bit longer before i do any plantings or seed starting.. besides got the new baby to take care of. so i suppose in a way got a little seedling anyhow :D

Certainly you do, the most important kind! If I still lived in Michigan I wouldn't be doing it either yet, but down here I there will be days I can set them outside in the sun, even if it's too early to plant them in the ground. And this is about as long as I can stand to wait.

Maggie

[blackroseivy]

How strange that you say you're from Michigan, & live now in Virginia!! {:> A dear friend of ours originally came from Michigan, lived for a number of years in Virginia (that's how we came to know her, it's my sister & I, I lived with her in DC for a few years) & now she's moved back to Michigan again!

Anyway, it's so nice to hear from the reconstructionists. As a matter of fact, it really seems to jibe with how I practice - what I've read here. I used to be good about praying when I ate, especially meat, but I've let that fall by the wayside - a bad thing, the supply might just get cut off! ;/ I'm a very poor Druid(ess, I like to be female).

Now I have to move to another board for Lupercalia, a Roman holiday that I celebrate because it's my birthday, as I've said! :D

[Maggie]

How strange that you say you're from Michigan, & live now in Virginia!! {:> A dear friend of ours originally came from Michigan, lived for a number of years in Virginia (that's how we came to know her, it's my sister & I, I lived with her in DC for a few years) & now she's moved back to Michigan again!

Anyway, it's so nice to hear from the reconstructionists. As a matter of fact, it really seems to jibe with how I practice - what I've read here. I used to be good about praying when I ate, especially meat, but I've let that fall by the wayside - a bad thing, the supply might just get cut off! ;/ I'm a very poor Druid(ess, I like to be female).

Now I have to move to another board for Lupercalia, a Roman holiday that I celebrate because it's my birthday, as I've said! :D


I will NEVER move back to Michigan! :hahugh: I grew up north of Detroit, went to college in East Lansing--and I think my blood has thinned out. The amount of snowfall in this part of Virgina does me just fine, thank you!

Maggie

[blackroseivy]

Well, this here NOrth isn't for everyone!! :D :D :D

[blackroseivy]

Well, this here North isn't for everyone!! :D :D :D