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Koliada
We did the Koliada yesterday. Somewhere around 16 courses, which is damn impressive without meat! Kutiah(sp) is to die for - SteveP makes the best version of this oldest cooked food. Apparently, the root of Kutiah is the same as "to cook". This cooked seeds dish might very well have come down from just post-glacial living, 11,000 years ( Read more... ) -
Mulling it over
It is odd, to me, that I am coming back to this medium. I mean, SEVEN years!?
Yet there is a satisfied feeling as I re-start LJ. A rightness.
What may come of this? I am pleasantly adrift and unknowing. What comes, comes. When and as it wills... -
Long time, no see
Time moves on. Seven years away from this medium. Hmm, have I changed? Has the world? I'm older if not any wiser. A New Year beckons - the Old falls away...
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Holy Crap! It's mid-July!!
Wow, How time flies! Been busy. Life, Earthhouse, reading, writing... Ah, there's a bright spot. I've written a few essays. At least one will be in Pagan Press. And no, not the Divination by Stones article that just came out. I've got one I think they'll like on New Saxon, but it's still gelling. Maybe I'll dust off WITCHBLOOD and see who ( Read more... ) -
NeoSaxon becomes New Saxon
Well, working with the brought-forward words of Neo-Saxon has bitten us on the butt. "Neo" is not AngloSaxon in origin, but "New" is. So, there is a name change. We live, we learn. Wait 'til Wodensday, Steve and I have a fun, new project. You WILL enjoy it! -
How Time Flies!
Yikes! Three weeks since I last blogged ( Read more... ) -
More Word thoughts
As I noted on my website, this exploration of terminology has affected my thinking on nearly all aspects of Twyern. I am reaching back to my linguistic roots for words that have dropped out of Standard English, yet are better suited for the discussion of spirituality by modern Pagans and Heathens. Partly this relinking is for reconnecting to the ( Read more... ) -
More word thought
Words define our place in the Universe, our community, and our humanity. We need to express our feelings, ideas and goals; so we use words. Humans use words, nearly to the overt exclusion of our other modes of expression. In particular, when we are not face-to-face, such as now. And when we do, we need to bear in mind that words alone seldom ( Read more... ) -
Language
I was talking to Steve P. on the way to the Blot Saturday; he has been very helpful when I've needed words brought forward from Anglo-Saxon. It seems he was looking at the roots for "God" and "Goddess". Turns out "Goddess" is a swiped word that didn't exist in English prior to the 14th(I think he said)century. If you go back to the AS the actual ( Read more... )