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Posts Tagged ‘phases of the moon’

A CELEBRATION EVERY DAY: Wolf Moon & Sauerkraut

Posted in The Kitchen, tagged , , , , , , on January 18, 2010 | 8 Comments »

It’s a few days into the new moon cycle, which for me has been one with some outer beauty and inner turmoil. Seems somehow appropriate for the title that Jessica Prentice gave to the moon that starts off our new year: the Wolf Moon. The Wolf Moon is about the balance of longing and belonging. [...]

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A CELEBRATION EVERY DAY: “The Moon of Long Nights” (& My Mom’s Chicken Soup)

Posted in The Kitchen, tagged , , , , , on December 17, 2009 | 8 Comments »

When I began thinking about this first post for my N.O.T. monthly-ish series on the chapters of Full Moon Feast by Jessica Prentice, the first thing I thought was, “Jeez, ernski, way to pick an off time to start celebrating nature. Everything is cold and basically dormant. It gets dark at 4:30, and the freshest [...]

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A CELEBRATION EVERY DAY

Posted in The Kitchen, tagged , , , , , on December 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »

It’s easy to think of the holidays as being few and far between. This perception, however, as we have seen here at These New Old Traditions, is basically false. Holidays are certainly special, but they are also plentiful. Days to mark and honor the passing year are constantly popping up—at least once a month—no matter [...]

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Lucky Thirteen

Posted in All That is Sacred, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It’s Friday the 13th and These New Old Traditions want to celebrate. Turns out that most superstitions stating that Friday the 13th is unlucky are pretty recent conventions, but there are some theories that trace the day’s bad rep back to the Pagan Norse goddess Frigg, an important and fabulous goddess of love (she’ll show [...]

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