Beltane is celebrated on April 30th and May 1st, halfway between Ostara (the Spring Equinox) and Litha (the Summer Solstice). It is a fertility festival and the promise of spring that we celebrated at Ostara is now fulfilled. Flowers, bright colors, Maypoles, planting for the summer, great food and bonfires are all lovely ways to …
Tomorrow is Beltane, and my mom and I made a miniature Maypole for our altar. It turned out really well, and was simple, inexpensive, and fun to make! (We listened to my Beltane music playlist while we worked, and I added it at the end of this post so you can listen too!) We started …
I live out in the country in the middle of a bunch of farms. There is a soy field to one side and a corn field across the street in front of my house. Growing things is part of the culture in rural Ohio, but my mom and I did not inherit my grandmother’s green …