Beltaine is the Irish word both for the month of May and for the festival that commemorates the height of spring.  Literally translated, it means “bright fire.”  I could talk about what Beltaine is all about, but I’ll just show you instead. First, Rowan, Etaine and I crossed the Potomac at White’s Ferry: And then […]

I’m soaking up as much spring as I can, and still either knitting in secret or knitting things that aren’t all that exciting yet, like the blanket.  The last few days have been all about soil and old friends.  Some sad things recently happened to a couple of people I know, and it’s nice to […]

Normally, I talk about the Equinoxes (Equinoces?).  This year, I just lived it.  Bare, freshly-pedicured feet standing in cool, awakening soil.  Gorgeous.  Peaceful.  Balanced.  Budding. And it made me really really excited for smash-em-up insanity.  A friend of ours is reffing, a whole passel of us crow-heads are going, and I’m guessing that several folks […]

I normally get to go to the American Craft Council show in Baltimore when it comes to town and marvel at the fantastic work there.  As much as I enjoy attempting to create beautiful bits and bobs, appreciating other folks’ acts of beauty is what it’s all about. But the snow interceded, and I decided […]

Juno came to stay with us last weekend.  We had way more than our share of fun.  Let me give you a rundown. Juno finally got to meet Scott and the pets.   Kayo tried to be fierce, but realized that fierceness would get in the way of being spoiled.  Speedwell gave up the scaredy-cat routine […]

Finally, my camera and I are in the same place as the sun. That happy accident came about only because I led a discussion about creation myths over the weekend, and it filled my noggin to bursting.  So I had to leave work at lunch time and come home to decompress.  Which allowed me to […]