All Things Goddess and a Greenman.

 Happy Christmas Eve to All!

 With all the busyness of getting packages out all week and closing up shops until after the New Year I have finally found the time to take a photo of  the Autumn Goddess slow stitched piece.

I don't plan to start on the Winter goddess until late next week or in the new year.  Here is a look at the other seasonal goddesses I made this year. Spring is below and Summer below the Spring

Speaking of Goddess, you may know I have followed a Goddess Spirituality path for over 40 years, I'm always in search of unique items for my goddess altars. I have one across my my work space so when I look up from my computer I can gaze on it.  

Recently I found 2 lovely pieces from an Etsy Shop Laser Cuts and Curios, here is the link to the shop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LaserCutsAndCurios?ref=yr_purchases&page=1#items 

This first one in the photo I will use year round, it comes with it's own stand and looks great set up on my altar.

Here is the shop link to this one https://www.etsy.com/listing/1662390403/spiral-goddess-wood-engraved-greeting?click_key=82640cd34952459788b5161f30c013665750b734%3A1662390403&click_sum=cba0ff9f&ref=shop_home_active_12&frs=1

This one is a Yule Ornament, I opted to hang it on my wall this year. Both have the option to be personalized if you are gifting them to someone. 

Here is the link for this one: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1603774311/spiral-goddess-ornament-yule-card?click_key=65a151ffc006fe2e44dbf303e44e2b3dc704b3d5%3A1603774311&click_sum=314c2c16&ref=shop_home_recs_2&frs=1

The shop has some lovely wood items.  There are several other Goddess items as well as some wonderful witch pieces. I know I will be a repeat customer.

I am currently reading two Goddess books for the 30 Days of Goddess I participate in, this month our goddess is Cerridwen, and in January our goddess for the month will be Circe.

I can't believe this January will be the 5th year of #30 Days of Goddess, what started out as a simple month long devotion to goddess, turned into years of practice.  Taking part has deepened my own goddess path in ways I never imagined.

Molly Remer created the 30 days of Goddess and offers free resources to members.  Here is the link to the Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/brigidsgrovecreativespiritcircle  If you are interested in or follow a goddess path or just want to be among women who are loving and supportive of one another check it out.

This coming new year I am once again going to create a few goddess embroidery pieces and more slow stitched goddess pieces. For the slow stitched pieces I'm thinking maybe the Elements or the 8 Sabbats of the Wheel of the Year; both if time allows. 

 I also want to focus on completing a few of the projects still unfinished.  Mainly the Greenman I started a few years ago.  

He has had quite a journey, he was left at a friends house last year and when he was being shipped back to me he bounced to a few post offices around the globe before finally arriving home.  He once sat beneath a pile of other works in progress and once on the bottom of a pile of magazines I hadn't had a chance to read.  A terrible habit I have with magazines so I cut back most of my subscriptions.  

When you find yourself reading the January issue in July it's time to decide do you really need this magazine? If  there is an issue of a magazine I want to read I will just buy a copy instead of subscribing knowing the issues will be unread for a few weeks and in some cases months.

The January 2025 issue of Art Journaling just arrived today. I let the subscription go along with the Somerset Studio, I still have the Summer and Autumn issues to read for both.  

Happy Winter Solstice! Blessing for a Happy Yuletide Season.

“So the shortest day came, and the year died,

And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world

Came people singing, dancing,

To drive the dark away.

They lit candles in the winter trees;

…They hung their homes with evergreen;

They burned beseeching fires all night long

To keep the year alive,

And when the new year’s sunshine blazed awake

They shouted, reveling.

Through all the frosty ages you can hear them

Echoing behind us – Listen!!

All the long echoes sing the same delight,

This shortest day,

As promise wakens in the sleeping land:

They carol, feast, give thanks,

And dearly love their friends,

And hope for peace.

And so do we, here, now,

This year and every year.

Welcome Yule!!”

– Susan Cooper, The Shortest Day

Over the years I have kept many Winter Solstice images in my PC files so today I am sharing a few of my favorites. I shared this one above for the first time in 2013

And this one was posted in 2014, time sure has a way of going by  in a flash.  This month has gone by so fast I can barely remember the days.

This image first appeared in 2012 and the one below it is the first image I posted way back in 2010

It's been a rough year health wise for me so my main focus for the New Year will be my health and getting a better grasp on the A-Fib because with a little of the research I have done there is more out there than just taking an extra blood thinner to prevent a stoke.  

Brightly burns the Yule log tonight,

Magic dances in firelight.

Hold my hand and join the song,

Raise the Sun King bright and strong.

Dark is giving way to light,

As brightly burns the Yule log tonight.