Summer Living - Where to Find Me

Summer must be here, because the spirit-child of Tenae at The Witch of Howling Creek, Pagan Living, has arrived!  As always, Tenae and her team have created a gorgeous e-zine brimming with party ideas, recipes, articles and more.  

I'm always so tickled to have an article of mine in the magazine, and if that wasn't enough - this time I've been nominated as an "Inspiring Pagan."  Honestly, if I can inspire anyone to get to a farmers market, grow something, learn a bit about local plants in their area, look up a bit of fun folklore, or take note of the moon phases and seasons, I feel like I've won.

I was also interviewed in the latest edition of the Sunday Stew over at The Secret Life of the American Working Witch.  She asked some great questions - thanks Kallan!

I'm currently up to my neck in boxes.  I've decided to move back to the little town where I work, play and garden full-time, and leave the suite in the city that I've been living in the past three years. There seems to be no sense staying here when I spend the bulk of my time in the next town, which is where my heart is.  I am happy to be heading back!

There is, as always, a full to-do list, but I'm taking things one at a time.  Tonight I've got a nice batch of salve cooling in glass jars on the stove top.  It's a deep gold this time - I let the calendula infuse extra-long in the oils and it's just gorgeous.  Mountain Rose has a great page about creating herbal salves if you are interested in making your own.  (Or you can always purchase one of mine.)

As May closes out with showers and green, lush growth, I am gearing up for a summer of garden worshiping, sun tea sipping, and a few road trip adventures - all from a home base that makes my heart glad.  I hope you have delightful plans for your summer living too!

   

Pagan Living Magazine

Tenae from the Witch of Howling Creek has re-started a beautiful online magazine called "Pagan Living."

The magazine offers lovely ideas for sabbats, recipes, and columns about a variety of topics.  You may even recognize some of the columnists:

Magaly from Pagan Culture
Dana from On the Broomstick
Andrea from Charcoal and Crayons
Chris from Nourish - Mind, Body, Soul

And...some girl named Jen...

You can have this beautiful magazine delivered quarterly, right to your email - free of charge.  Simply click the link & subscribe!

Happy Spring!

Where In The World

Here is where.  I've been here.  Yes, it's beautiful.  But after weeks and weeks of grey, punctuated by brief sunlight, even the beauty can be lost on you.  I'm still walking by the river, still dosing with herbal infusions and still getting out to hockey games, and even a concert tomorrow.  The wheel turns - but ever so slowly this time of year.

It's snowing now, as I type this, but I know it will stop soon.  It is February now, and even here in the high Valley, Winter doesn't last much longer than the first few weeks of February.  I've been fighting the first real cold that I've had in a long time.  Garlic, St. John's Wort, salt-water gargles and ginger honey have been my best friends these last few days.  I can't even talk about how wonderful these herbal remedies are.  I remember my Nyquil days, and that drugged feeling was never fun.

I took a drive up the hill last weekend to observe Imbolc and leave a few (natural) offerings.  The groundhogs in Canada seemed to report that Winter was ending, but I'm thinking Punxatawney Phil was right.  There's still some Winter left - at least up on the hill.  I took a few photos of the hoar frost that covered everything up there.

On the Pine needles:

On some scrub brush:

It's really something to see frost like that, growing almost an inch out in every direction.  Nature is wondrous.

I wanted to take a moment to give some belated thanks to Aw from My Life As I Know It, Keltik from Keltik's Korner and The Witch of Howling Creek for tagging me/giving me awards this past month.  I've not done the required homework on these, I'm afraid.  After several years of blogging, I figure you know more than you might wish to know about me already.  But thank you for the lovely thought!

Also, The Witch of Howling Creek is also the creatrix behind Pagan Living, an online home and garden magazine.  She is releasing the next issue in March and I have a small article within.  It's a very beautifully done magazine - do stop by the site and check out the past issues and I'll let you know when the new issue is released!

Thanks so much, as always, for sticking with me through the great blog drought of 2012!  I have another giveaway coming up this month and am geared up to start working on more herbal goodies and getting down to some serious garden planning.  Hang in there - things are starting to wake up!