Druid Studies

My musings on the Alban Elfed sabbat and the seasonal change.

Yesterday was a total solar eclipse over parts of Europe. In my area, we had a partial, but it was storming for a good chunk of the day, so I couldn't go out and see what the eclipse looked like through the leaves like I did during the last partial solar eclipse in the area in 2017. The photo below does not belong to me, and if you want to check out the gallery that it came from, here is the link. Instead, I lit a small candle at my desk around the time of the eclipse in Ic

The paint by number of Brighid is coming right along. I worked on it some last night while listening to the thunder outside. Before bed, I lit a small candle and watched it until it burned out. Today is the new moon, and a solar eclipse on top of it. I didn't want to do any kind of major ritual around this event, so I thought that a simple candle meditation last night would suffice. As I watched the candle flame dance, I could see the shadows moving around it. This remind

Last night I needed to spend some time on the back porch relaxing and listening to the sounds of nature around me. I finished my bardic coursework on the OBOD site yesterday at lunch and now am entering a contemplative time where I will write about my experiences on the bardic grade. I decided that a good way to ground myself before beginning any of this would be to sit in the hammock and look at the trees and bird flying by. It was a very calming moment. Before bed, I dra