Monthly Archives: March 2015


I have not dyed eggs since I was a kid. It wasn’t something I did with my own children because in our uber-conservative Christian home, Easter eggs were just too pagan. Delicious irony, huh? This year, I dyed eggs. I did it all by myself. I only dyed 3 of […]

My First Ostara


Gotta be honest. After my Yule experience, I was counting the days till the next sabbat. But I didn’t really “get” Imbolc. I mean.. Yule makes total sense. The longest night is over, when dawn comes the light is now back, and will continue to grow every day. But what […]

My First Imbolc


In honor of Ostara this week, I’m going back and revisiting my first two Sabbats. And the absolute best so far was definitely Yule. Leading up, I’d not yet mentioned anything pagan to my kids. But I had way more excitement about putting up the “Christmas” decorations this year, because […]

My First Yule





I’ve been collecting dragonflies for years. A decade really. Way back, in the middle of my time in the UPC I went to a Women’s Retreat. The speaker suggested that we all collect something that has meaning to us. I can’t remember why now. But I had gotten a lot […]

Dragonfly: My Totem Animal