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Are You at Capacity?

First, happy Imbolc! See below for my invitation to our observance held tomorrow, 2 February, at 4:30 pm Pacific! Onward! This month has been all about capacity. What I have and what I don’t have. This week, even more so.  So what do you do when you’re maxed out, when you realize you’ve hit the […]

Ireland’s Matron Saint–You’re Invited

Hello, and long time no see! I have missed you here at The Way of the River blog. Before I begin here, let me say that if you enjoy reading my writing or following my work, there are (at least) two other ways you can connect with my writing and so keep up with what […]

Brigid and the Power to Change

NB: I wrote another piece before the events of the weekend of 28 January. As a result of the horrors entwining themselves around our government and around our nation, I have rewritten this post to point out that one of the ways Imbolc, the Pagan holiday just past, is often celebrated is with power and politics. Imbolc […]

Imbolc, Brigid, Fire, and Water

Today is Imbolc. Or Imbolc Eve, if you prefer. Some celebrate it on the first of February, some on the second. In any event, it is a Cross-Quarter Day, one of the holidays between the solstice and equinox, and a holy day I love. Why do I love it? In part because if it the […]

The Light and Dark of Candlemas

Bless you in the light of Candlemas. Bless you in the lighting of the candles. Bless you in the candlelit procession, illumination striking every corner. Bless you in the diminishing light, the shrinking beeswax. Bless you in the darkness. From a reworking of the Charge of the Star Goddess by Jonathan D. White 3* priest […]