Litha

Celebrating Litha 2018!

We had such a lovely Litha (Summer Solstice) this year! As usual, our celebrations lasted for several days and I have lots of photos to share. We started out by making vegan clover honee a week in advance, and I wrote a post about getting ready for Litha. We started celebrating the afternoon before the …

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How to Shape Sun Bread

My mom and I made this sun bread for Litha (the Summer Solstice), but it would also be a great design for Lughnasadh/Lammas coming up soon or for Yule (the Winter Solstice.) It’s also a fun bread to make whenever you want to bring some sun energy into your life! Start by making your dough, …

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Midsummer’s Eve 2018

My mom and I started celebrating Litha the afternoon before the Summer Solstice. It is traditional to leave something out for the fairies on Midsummer’s Eve, so I made tiny oatmeal cookies and my mom cut little squares from a brownie: We had found a miniature tea set decorated with sunflowers at our local thrift …

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Getting Ready for Litha (Summer Solstice)

Litha, or the Summer Solstice, is on June 21st this year in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the longest day of the year, and we celebrate the sun being at the height of his power. All the plants are growing and everything is green! Click on this link if you want to see how we …

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A Vegan Summer Solstice

I hope all of you who observe it had a wonderful Litha! We celebrated on both the 20th and 21st as the Solstice was at 12:24 am on the 21st here in Ohio. We started our celebrations by writing intentions on water bottles and placing them in the bright Solstice sun to make sun water: …

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