Filed Under Devotions | Comments Off on Sponge Cake Day, A Lokean Tradition Since 2012
An entire holiday about cake! What’s not to like? But what is this holiday, and why is it about cake? If you are a Lokean and also Tumblr user, you know this story. Everyone else, gather ‘round to learn the Sponge Cake Lore! Waaaay back in the simpler times of 2012, a devoted Lokean on […]
Filed Under Classes, Workshops, Conferences, Devotions | Comments Off on Oracular Seidh Ritual, February 25, 2024
The Seidhjallr Team of Hrafnar Kindred presents a ritual of Oracular Seidh on Sunday, February 25, 2024. Hrafnar is a Troth-associated Kindred. Would you know more prior to attending? Check out “The Hrafnar Seidh Ritual” at https://seidh.org/articles/seidh/ Disclosure: I am a member of the Seidhjallr Team, and will be the Cyber Warder for the event. […]
Filed Under Devotions, Things I Think About | Comments Off on Heathener Than Thou: Eat Ancestrally
Today in “Heathener Than Thou”, let’s look at the practice some heathens insist one must do if one is a “real” heathen: eat Ancestrally, aka, only eat what a Viking Era Scandinavian would have eaten. Setting aside that “ancestrally”, while technically correct, grates on the ears, let’s look at “eat as your ancestors did”. I’m […]
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I am fortunate that my work commute is about 15 minutes each way, made in the comfort of my car. As I drive, I see people walking, some carrying bags of groceries or baskets of laundry, sometimes pushing a child in a stroller, sometimes carrying bags and pushing a stroller, and possibly with a furred […]
Filed Under Devotions, Things I Think About | Comments Off on Small Devotions: Fiber Arts and Bead Craft
One of my favorite ways to spend offline time is making things, and that’s often via one of the fiber arts: weaving, embroidery, or sewing. I also spend a fair amount of time doing bead work, for my own delight and to make gifts to others. Despite the lack of evidence for the Nornir as […]