. . . ’cause I’ve been neglecting this blog, lol. But first, a quote I liked: “For the birds there is not a time that they tell, but the point vierge between darkness and light, between nonbeing and being. You can tell yourself the time by their waking, if you are experienced. But that is [...]
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A quick update
Posted in Books, Chickens, Farming, tagged Books, Chickens, medieval, monasticism, pigs, winter on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Belladonna and Brugmansia
Posted in Books, Gardening, Herbalism, Nature, tagged atropa belladonna, brugmansia, Gardening, herbs, maikoa, nightshade, plant photos, plants, poisonous plants, viridarium umbris on July 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Everything around here is in bloom and looks lovely. Or looked lovely. The rain wiped out my poppies and foxglove, and flattened the mugwort, delphinium, and feverfew. The belladonna is thriving though; I put bones around her feet. She’s still loaded with blossoms; I wonder how long she’ll bloom? And I have about six baby [...]
Rain
Posted in Books, Chickens, Farming, Nature, tagged Animal Behaviour, Books, Cats, chicken feed, Chickens, country living, floods, Nature, organics, rivers on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I can hear the river from inside my house; my lawn and garden were temporarily a lake earlier this morning. In the river’s middle current there are waves four-feet high. It’s kind of exciting, living on a flood plain. You’re always slightly paranoid, making offerings to the river gods, thankful for the nutrient-rich silt and [...]
Random Thoughts
Posted in Books, Chickens, Farming, Gardening, Heathenry, tagged Asatru, Books, Chickens, Farming, fiction, Gardening, Heathenry on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Haha I’m 22 today. Kinda weird. Anywho… Just finished reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke and A Companion to Wolves by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear. Both are freaking awesome; I highly recommend them. Especially Wolves. Read it in a couple hours ’cause I couldn’t possibly do anything else. I loved the [...]
Books, Asatru, and Nature Religion
Posted in Books, Heathenry, Nature, Paganism, tagged Asatru, Books, Heathenry, Nature, Paganism, religion on March 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Just finished Greg Shetler’s Living Asatru. My friend really likes it, and lent me his copy. While I definately agree with the author’s statements that Asatru is not a branch of Wicca, I’m not sure that I’d say that Asatru is not an “Earth-based” religion. I see this repeated ad nauseum, but there’s hardly ever [...]
