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Oct. 30th, 2020 08:02 amI am off work today, because it is the first day of Winternights (as I celebrate it) and today I am making a cake!
One of the frustrating things about being a solitary pagan in a non-pagan culture is that we don't really have any cultural holiday traditions*, which can leave one feeling somewhat adrift when the holidays come along. A cool thing about being a solitary pagan in a non-pagan culture is that I get to make up and customize my own holiday traditions so that they suit me.
So I am making a honey spice cake and, if it turns out well, I can keep the recipe and declare that my honey spice cake is now a Winternights honey spice cake and make it every year. And then I get to have a tradition and a delicious cake.
Also! I bound off a new shawl last night (have to block it today) and my non-cake plans are spinning and watching Critical Role and maybe walking to the graveyard to give some cake and pomegranate seeds to the local dead population.
It is going to be a good day.
*There are certainly cultural holiday traditions for Halloween, which happens at the same time but Halloween does not equal Winternights (or Samhain or Dia de los Muertos or any other holidays that happen around this time). I love Halloween, but it is a separate celebration.
One of the frustrating things about being a solitary pagan in a non-pagan culture is that we don't really have any cultural holiday traditions*, which can leave one feeling somewhat adrift when the holidays come along. A cool thing about being a solitary pagan in a non-pagan culture is that I get to make up and customize my own holiday traditions so that they suit me.
So I am making a honey spice cake and, if it turns out well, I can keep the recipe and declare that my honey spice cake is now a Winternights honey spice cake and make it every year. And then I get to have a tradition and a delicious cake.
Also! I bound off a new shawl last night (have to block it today) and my non-cake plans are spinning and watching Critical Role and maybe walking to the graveyard to give some cake and pomegranate seeds to the local dead population.
It is going to be a good day.
*There are certainly cultural holiday traditions for Halloween, which happens at the same time but Halloween does not equal Winternights (or Samhain or Dia de los Muertos or any other holidays that happen around this time). I love Halloween, but it is a separate celebration.
