A Year of Firsts

Rediscovering magic in the everyday.

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  • Halfway there

    Today begins the ancient Gaelic holiday of Imbolc – the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. And according to many of the witches of the internet, it’s the more nature based celebration of the new year. It celebrates the return of the sun as days get longer, it’s a time to Read more

  • ‘Tis of Thee

    There was a very specific moment in my life when I formed my idea of what America means – what she is.  I was a junior in college, and because I was almost done with all of the requirements for my major, I decided to register for an Alternative Spring Break course. It included a Read more

  • Such a friendly person

    The other day, I was grabbing a coffee with a mom friend of mine. I got into a conversation with the woman behind the counter about eyewear: contacts versus glasses, bifocals, the cost of all this, etc. The barista had a lot to say, and she had a method she had discovered for stretching her Read more

  • Stories from Earth Day

    This week was the 55th Earth Day, and aside from some fun social media posts, and participating in my annual Town Wide Cleanup for the 3rd year in a row, I didn’t think too much about it.  The town clean up is an “on your own schedule” affair, with the town providing bags, rubber gloves, Read more

  • Threads

    I have been thinking very literally about the fabric of society, and what it means to be a part of that. Being a thread in a piece of fabric, after all, is not a very glamorous endeavor. It requires only to wrap yourself around many other threads, who are in most ways the same as Read more