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The first Sunday after Labor Day is Grandparents’ Day here in the United States. Choose this day to honor any and all grandparents, great-grandparents, and ancestors. Take them out to lunch or dinner, or invite them over to your home for the same. Go through old pictures while you can and write down the names of everyone in each photo and what was happening at the time. Makes copies of the photos and the stories and create books for relatives. When the people have passed, their tales will ...
International Left Handers Day is observed annually on August 13 to celebrate the uniqueness of left-handed individuals. In my family, left-handedness is inherited, from my father to my sister to her son. As being left-handed was long thought to be a sign of evil or bad luck, for hundreds of years lefthanded children were often punished to drive out the devil. My father did not have to endure beatings, but he was forced to learn to write with his right hand. However, writing was the only thing ...
For this spell you can use real pink cotton candy or you can imagine it. Sit quietly, close your eyes, and follow your breath. When you feel centered, open your palms facing each other, creating a sphere of energy between them. Imagine this sphere filled with the energies of love, acceptance, and friendship, with the energy looking like pink cotton candy. Feel it grow in your hands. Move your hands apart, then spread your arms until they are fully extended. Turn the palms up, visualizing the ...
Fairy folk flower dolls are an old British tradition of child magick from times when toys were rare. Gaelic culture teaches us that children and fairies are closely linked. Gifting a child flowers is a way to protect and inspire them to explore their own fairy magick. Today is a fine day to craft a springtime flower dolly, tussie-mussie bouquet, or flower crown and gift it to a child. Old Irish legends give a lot of power to flower rings, believed to ward and protect us from bad fairies. ...
