🐾 Honoring Our Animal Beloved Dead at Samhain
How to include your furry family in ancestor season rituals + folklore on pets as psychopomps. We lost our kitten, Olive, t [...]
October 2025
September 2025
The Importance of Ritual in Modern Life
For millennia, ritual has been the container through which we mark change — a way to embody transitions so we don’t have to carry them alone. But in modern life, many of these rituals have been lost, silenced, or left behind.
June 2025
L’Acqua di San Giovanni: A Midsummer Blessing from the Old Ways
L'Acqua di San Giovanni Every year, on the eve of June 23rd, as twilight kisses the longest days of the year, Italians across t [...]
March 2025
Five Years In: Why We Moved to Sardinia—And What We’ve Learned Along the Way
In 2018, I wrote an article titled Why We Moved to Sardinia. It is one of the most-read articles on this website. When it came ou [...]
October 2024
A Fall & Winter Grimoire: Discover the Seasonal Magic of A Guide to Celebrating the 12 Days of Yule
As the days grow shorter and the air becomes crisp, there’s a natural shift in our routines. We crave warmth, comfort, and connec [...]
Interview with a Tonttu (+ Adopt-a-Gnome Campaign!)
Tonttu with mock-up of A Guide to Celebrating the 12 Days of Yule Family Heirloom Edition. Who is Tonttu? Meet the Yule G [...]
A Guide to Celebrating the 12 Days of Yule Famly Heirloom Edition Kickstarter is LIVE! 🌟
Mock-up of the expected finished product. We can create it together! The wait is over, and I’m beyond excited to announce that t [...]
August 2024
Embracing Il Dolce Far Niente & Ferragosto: A Mindful August 15 Celebration
Celebrate the mid-August festival Ferragosto with ancient Roman roots by embracing the Italian concept of Il Dolce Far Niente—the [...]
March 2024
Spring Equinox: The Magic of the Cosmic Egg
Image Credit: https://atlasmythica.com/egg-symbolic-spiritual-meaning-dreams-history As the wheel of the year turns to the Spr [...]
December 2023
December Resource Guide: Yule Magic
IMAGES: by Roberto Campus, Featured in the (upcoming!) Second Edition of A Guide to Celebrating the 12 Days of Yule. As December's [...]
