Eclipse! Eclipse of the sun! If you were one of the lucky ones to be in, or to have traveled to, the path of totality, I hope you thoroughly enjoyed the celestial magic. To those of you who, like me, watched the phenomenon from the much larger partial eclipse path, do not let the …
Month: August 2017
The Moon Wanes and the Harvest Builds
It's been a very busy week here at the sign of the Fussing Duck and Dutch Hex Sign. I shipped not one but TWO large hex signs today, destined to grace a barn in Zionsville, PA. 48" Abundance and Prosperity sign36" Wilkom (welcome) signThese are the last two of a three sign order and will …
Crazy, distracted week
It's been a crazy, distracted week here at hex central, under the sign of the fussing duck. I have not done any painting this week. I needed to... there are two hex blanks hanging fire in the house and the replacement mail box within reach of completion....but I have been focused on the garden, on …
Thou Shalt Not Get Sentimental About Old Plants
Long, LONG ago, when I had barely achieved my majority, I was attending a party with my BF, a PhD candidate in upper atmospheric sciences. This was an after-finals/before summer blowout attended, primarily by a large crowd of doctoral and masters candidtate, a post-doc or two, a few odd dates and a handful of younger …
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Let the Harvests Begin!
This week ushers in the tide of First Harvest. Also known asLammas, Lugnasad and Freyfaxi, it is a major holiday to this homesteading Northern Tradition witch.Here in the USA, Pagans often focus the celebration around the harvest of maize ("corn" here, though in the rest of the world I believe it is more commonly known …
