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August 2019

August 01, 2019

The Sacrifice of the King ~ A Story of Autumn in the Village

What goes through the Goddess’ infinite mind as She chooses? This one may not live,...

July 2019

July 26, 2019

Dirt-Heart Farm Summer Update (Mostly Pics!)

Life at Dirt-Heart Farm proceeds apace. Just sent the last 15 meat birds off to...

April 2019

April 24, 2019

Let us Not Forget to Invoke the Queer Gods of Beltane

Beltane can sometimes look like a very binary experience, but I experience it as the...

February 2019

February 01, 2019

Putting Things Together and Taking Them Apart ~ Seedling Edition

So much of what we do here at Dirt-Heart Farmette has to do with two...

January 2019

January 10, 2019

Late Winter Dirt-Heart Farmette Update 2019

Some of y'all have been following along on the adventures of the Dirt-Heart family. Here's...

August 2018

August 01, 2018

First Fruits and Ferments for Lammas

Here we are in that most excellent time of year, Lammas, which means berry-cherry-peach-nectarine-lemon-orange time!...

October 2017

October 24, 2017

Elemental Initiation at Samhain – A Story of the Village

What does it mean to trust oneself to the Holy Powers of the Elements? Life...

September 2017

September 20, 2017

The Sacrifice of the King – A Story of Autumn in the Village

What happens in that particular time in the Autumn when the King's year and a...

January 2017

January 23, 2017

A Fire Blessing Prayer for this New Year

May we be empowered in this turning. May we shine like the stars we are....

April 2016

April 27, 2016

A Beltane Bodice-Ripper

If you don't like romance-ish writing, homestead priestesses, and horny gods, just get right on...

December 2015

December 16, 2015

The Lady’s Labors~Winter Solstice at the Pagan Homestead

The Lady speaks: “It is so quiet now, and cold. My Love has gone forth...

December 01, 2015

Big Darkness and Tiny Life

There is always green somewhere, striving for the light.

October 2015

October 23, 2015

An Introduction to the Shadow House

Speaking of haunted houses...It's a good time for "Shadow Work"...ooooooh! Spooky!

August 2015

August 27, 2015

Dirt-Heart Farm Update, Late Summer Edition 2015

So much has changed - where to begin? An update from Ant to Zucchini.

May 2015

May 18, 2015

Love that Flows from the Heart of the Earth~A Chant

The rising current of Love that is expressed from the body of the Earth lifts...

May 06, 2015

Post-Beltane: Slump or Afterglow?

The "Big R" rituals can really take it outta ya. How can we treat the...

May 01, 2015

An Inclusive ‘Great Rite’ Blessing

Bless the knife and cup and cup and cup and knife and knife and every...

April 2015

April 29, 2015

13 Thoughts to Ponder ~ on Beltane

Orgasm is sometimes called le petite mort, the ‘little death’. What do you want to...

April 20, 2015

Danger and Delight in the Season of Sex

Let's talk about Beltane sexy stuff, the dangers and delights! We might not have ever...

April 17, 2015

An Invocation to the Gods of Beltane

An invocation for use in your Beltane rites and revels that can also serve as...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

We Are the Earth ~ A Spring Chant

I wrote this earworm a bunch of years ago and found myself singing it today....

March 25, 2015

13 Thoughts to Ponder ~ On Spring

13 Thoughts to Ponder ~ On Spring: A set of thoughts/questions to help us root...