alivemagdolene | Blessings of the Long Nights Moon

Also known as: Oak Moon, Wolf Moon, Moon of Long Nights, Cold Moon, Aerra Geola (Month Before Yule), Wintermonat (Winter Month), Heilagmanoth (Holy Month), Big Winter Moon, Moon of Popping Trees, Cracking Trees Moon

Element: fire

Nature Spirits: snow faeries, storm faeries, winter tree faeries

Herbs: holly, English ivy, fir, mistletoe

Colors: blood red, white and black

Flowers: holly, poinsettia, Christmas cactus

Scents: violet, patchouli, rose geranium, frankincense, myrrh, lilac

Stones: serpentine, jacinth, peridot

Trees: pine, fir, holly

Animals: mouse, deer, horse, bear

Birds: rook, robin, snowy owl

Deities: Hathor, Hecate, Neith, Athene, Minerva, Ixchel, Osiris, Norns, Fates

Power Flow: to endure, die, be reborn; Earth tides turning. Darkness. Personal alchemy. Spiritual paths. Reach out to friends and family, the lonely and needy.

Mantra: I remain serene in the chaos around me.

We have an extra special Moon this month. The moon will be at its closest perigee, resulting in the biggest and brightest full moon of 2008. Read more about it here.

A safe and happy holiday to all who celebrate~!

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I thought of you last night when I looked out and the moon was so huge. We had a terrible ice storm out this way (Boston didn't get walloped as badly as the suburbs did) so the news was full of gorgeous pictures of ice covered trees and that enormous moon. Very pretty.

PS: Hecate made me think of one of my favorite children's books: Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth by E.L. Konigsburg. I think you'd enjoy it if you've never read it.

I saw footage of that on the news! And amidst whining that it didn't happen here (minus of course the power outage part), I was immediately going to message you to make sure you were ok, forgetting that if you didn't have power, how in the hell would you see it. *smacks self* Also, it's probably telling the first time I read your comment, I thought it said "terrible ice cream". WHO CRAVES ICE CREAM IN WINTER!?! Me. :^D

And I love that book! One of my favorites as a wee childe. ^^ I also like one in that vein called Little Witch, one of the very first chapter books I read by myself. Telling what my tastes were as a kid.

Aw! 'Tis the thought that counts dear. And ice cream is always cravable. Ummm!

You're the only person I've ever known who has read that book. Everyone has read Mixed Up Files...(except me) but not this one. The library should have just given it to me I checked it out so often.

Gian had this one, which I adore for the cover alone:

There was a Scholastic Book Fair book about a little witch who gets lost on Halloween and has to stay with this suburban family. She's delightfully pissy and there's a scene in the frozen foods section of a supermarket I especially loved but cannot recall the details of right now. I fear it might end with the "rehabilitation" of the witch into a sweet little girl but I could be wrong. I don't think it was Glenda--I'll have to see if I can find the book to confirm or deny.

Also, slightly tangential rant: I was looking for an image of the cover of Glenda and found tons of idiots who had tagged their pictures of Glinda of Oz as Glenda. Get it right jackasses!

God, I loved Glinda in the books. Total protofeminist. I still want to be Ozma.

Over and out.

Squeeee!!! And I must recommend The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, it's the book that made me want to live in an art museum even more so.

Oooh, that looks good! I may have to see if it's snatchable by the library. What it is about children's books that make me still love them? I guess a good book is a good book.

Ever read The Wednesday Witch (http://www.amazon.com/Wednesday-Witch-Ruth-Chew/dp/082340210X)? The little girl gets a dollhouse and a miniature witch (a regular witch who can shrink down to size) and her cat (also shrinkable) move in. A LITTLE little black cat!!! Too adorable. When I read it, it made me gaze longingly at my dollhouse. Also, the witch rode a vacuum cleaner, which delighted me.

Ugh, "Glenda" as Glinda indeed!
I will always have a soft spot for the world of L. Frank Baum in all its manifestations. And the fact Wicked the musical is apparently wonderful (so sayeth Liz and Claire) as was the book (so sayeth me ^_^). It's been panned by most, but ever see Return to Oz? It was never meant to "compete" with the Judy Garland version, it's really based on the book. Good stuff!

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