1) December 3 - Mitch's Death Day. Along with celebrating by visiting the local pizza & arcade, this has become the traditional day for us to begin our Winter Holidays decorating.
2) December 21 - Winter Solstice. This has become our own sacred day with our own celebrations. This year I'm so looking forward to a Yule bonfire and bell ringing and singing AND being much warmer than previous years in SD :D The gifts are nice, too :D
3) February 2 - Groundhog's Day (Imbolc) is the halfway point between winter and spring. A day of hope and returning sunshine. I also like to stand back and see folks celebrating a secularized holiday while having no real idea of what's behind it. hee hee silly Americans!
4) February 14 - VD - The day I asked Scotty to be my Valentine. Our unofficial, official anniversary.
5) Fat Tuesday/Ash Wednesday - Hannah was coordinated enough to die in time to have a Fat Tuesday feast as a memorial service and an Ash Wednesday funeral. I will gorge myself with the comfort of food & hedonism each Fat Tuesday for the rest of my life. I shall paint my face with our Yule ashes to show my mourning for all the important folks who have transitioned before me.
6) Easter- the real holiday, not Resurrection Sunday. I like the rabbits and the spring colors and the freshness of green the whole country seems to be celebrating. Silly Xians, they don't know what they're really celebrating! Next year (2008) we'll be celebrating the Resurrection, too, with Eugene's annual Zombie Walk (Jesus as the head zombie, of course!) - can't wait!
7) Memorial Day Weekend - Named such because you're to "remember it's diana's birthday" :D This year I shall be partying with my fellow Gemini Unschoolers at LIFE is Good in Vancouver, WA. We monkeys will be turning 40!! This year the weekend continues all the way through the 27th (actual date of my birth anniversary). It's been tradition that I collect those who's birthdays are near mine to celebrate: Tena on the 26th, Brian & Jamie on the 27th with me, Wade on the 29th, ZoAnne on the 31st -- I like birthdays, especially mine!
8) June 15 - Gramma Mimi's Mother's Day - or - Mitch's Birthday. The official end of my birthday celebrations.
9) July 4 - Independence Day - Hayden's all time favorite holy day. For him, it's birthday and solstice and xmas all rolled into one! I love providing the joy of explosives and standing back to observe what an amazing kid he is. The rest is all fluff :D
10) August 23 - MY Mother's Day - The anniversary of the day Hannah came and gave me the gift of mommyhood. Thanks girlie!
11) September 22 - Autumn Equinox - Saying goodbye to the sun and keeping the faith that He will, indeed, return. A cyclic reminder that indeed, death and darkness are not permanent, merely a different stage of life.
11) Halloween - For all the sacred reasons (communing with those who have already transitioned), the awesome costumes, & the candy's good too!
13) Any and every Friday the 13th - I like to eat sushi in honor of Freya and her sacred fish.
The list is actually much longer, if I include all the sacred anniversaries of birth I celebrate throughout the year ♥
2) December 21 - Winter Solstice. This has become our own sacred day with our own celebrations. This year I'm so looking forward to a Yule bonfire and bell ringing and singing AND being much warmer than previous years in SD :D The gifts are nice, too :D
3) February 2 - Groundhog's Day (Imbolc) is the halfway point between winter and spring. A day of hope and returning sunshine. I also like to stand back and see folks celebrating a secularized holiday while having no real idea of what's behind it. hee hee silly Americans!
4) February 14 - VD - The day I asked Scotty to be my Valentine. Our unofficial, official anniversary.
5) Fat Tuesday/Ash Wednesday - Hannah was coordinated enough to die in time to have a Fat Tuesday feast as a memorial service and an Ash Wednesday funeral. I will gorge myself with the comfort of food & hedonism each Fat Tuesday for the rest of my life. I shall paint my face with our Yule ashes to show my mourning for all the important folks who have transitioned before me.
6) Easter- the real holiday, not Resurrection Sunday. I like the rabbits and the spring colors and the freshness of green the whole country seems to be celebrating. Silly Xians, they don't know what they're really celebrating! Next year (2008) we'll be celebrating the Resurrection, too, with Eugene's annual Zombie Walk (Jesus as the head zombie, of course!) - can't wait!
7) Memorial Day Weekend - Named such because you're to "remember it's diana's birthday" :D This year I shall be partying with my fellow Gemini Unschoolers at LIFE is Good in Vancouver, WA. We monkeys will be turning 40!! This year the weekend continues all the way through the 27th (actual date of my birth anniversary). It's been tradition that I collect those who's birthdays are near mine to celebrate: Tena on the 26th, Brian & Jamie on the 27th with me, Wade on the 29th, ZoAnne on the 31st -- I like birthdays, especially mine!
8) June 15 - Gramma Mimi's Mother's Day - or - Mitch's Birthday. The official end of my birthday celebrations.
9) July 4 - Independence Day - Hayden's all time favorite holy day. For him, it's birthday and solstice and xmas all rolled into one! I love providing the joy of explosives and standing back to observe what an amazing kid he is. The rest is all fluff :D
10) August 23 - MY Mother's Day - The anniversary of the day Hannah came and gave me the gift of mommyhood. Thanks girlie!
11) September 22 - Autumn Equinox - Saying goodbye to the sun and keeping the faith that He will, indeed, return. A cyclic reminder that indeed, death and darkness are not permanent, merely a different stage of life.
11) Halloween - For all the sacred reasons (communing with those who have already transitioned), the awesome costumes, & the candy's good too!
13) Any and every Friday the 13th - I like to eat sushi in honor of Freya and her sacred fish.
The list is actually much longer, if I include all the sacred anniversaries of birth I celebrate throughout the year ♥
The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged!
View More Thursday Thirteen Participants
5 comments:
I really enjoyed this post---a fascinating change from homeschooling christians. It's clearly a rich, deep thing to be a pagan. Sadly, it is too late for me, I think. I have a number of friends who celebrate the solstice...but since the 25th was the birthday of Sol Invictus (taken over by the bishops), you could celebrate then as well (?)
You don't have your comments set up to allow links from platforms other than blogger. :(
We have some gorgeous photos from a very gifted internet acquaintance that we hope you'll comment on, but you'll have to scroll past the politics to get to them!
http://bucknakedpolitics.typepad.com
Funny thing, being Pagan... I think Joshua would consider me his friend, a follower, a disciple of The Christ, the human christ anyway :) It's the Xians who refuse to allow folks like me to use the title of Christian. Too bad they've mostly forgotten what it means: To Emulate Christ (not judge/condemn in his name) ♥ Sometimes, just to freak church folk out, I'll tell them I'm a pre-nicene christian; most smile and nod without any understanding whatsoever... so sad!
Nice post. I've got Pagan leanings in my spiritual views so I very much enjoyed reading this.
Smiles,
Holly
http://theabundanceplace.com
Not all Christians think that way!
I celebrate the Earth created for us by God. It is indeed silly to think that Jesus-- the original peace-lovin' hippy-- wouldn't embrace our Pagan friends. :)
Interesting list! Happy TT!
Post a Comment