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Wishing a Happy Father's Day tomorrow to all you father's out there. Whether you have biological children, stepchildren, mentor other...

Wild Blessings! Beltane is a celebration that falls on May 1st, midway between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice, the time of...

Today is International Raven Appreciation Day! I know…there’s seemingly a holiday for everything these days. That being said, those of...

Ostara, or Eostre, the next turning on the Celtic Wheel of the Year, falls on 3/20 or 3/21, depending on your particular location. This...

2/1/25 marks the celebration of Imbolc on the Celtic Wheel of the Year, and it is also St. Brigid’s Day. Imbolc symbolizes the halfway...

I just want to take a moment to recognize that today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The liberation of the Auschwitz...

Friends and fellow edge walkers, I have been debating whether to write this for the better part of a week. I have heard an increasingly...

We are in the dark time of winter as we approach the winter solstice and the celebration of Yule on the Celtic Wheel of the Year. In...

How I Became a Warrior by Jeff Foster Once, I ran from fear So fear controlled me. Until I learned to hold fear like a newborn. Listen...

At Samhain (saw-win) , the circle of the year has come to its final spoke in the Wheel. To the ancient Celts, Samhain marked the most...

One more post for Indigenous Peoples Day… This poem, by Lyla June Johnston, is too powerful not to post. I love her poetry and her...

In 1992, Columbus Day became Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a sign of protest against the massacres that the Native Americans suffered at the...

National Truth and Reconciliation Day, in Canada, is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) Residential School (1891-1981)...

Wishing everyone a blessed Summer Solsticel At the Summer Solstice, also known as Midsummer or Litha, the Earth rejoices in abundance and...

I wanted to take a moment to honor the Juneteenth Holiday today. Juneteenth commemorates the day, June 19, 1865, when a Union General...

Happy Father's Day (a little late…) to all you Fathers out there. Whether you have biological children, stepchildren, mentor other...

The year yearns listlessly for light Now warmth returns, relieving night Ostara brings Her fertile fair The precious egg, the wild hare...

Since October 7, 2023, over 11,500 Palestinian and Israeli children have been murdered because of the senseless war between Israel and...

Tomorrow, 2/1/24, marks the celebration of Imbolc on the Cleric Wheel of the Year and it is also St. Brigid's Day. The celebration of...

Greetings! As we approach the start of the celebration of Imbolc at sunset today, we wanted to share some inspirational poems and...