Crafty Kitchen Witch

We all come from the Goddess And to Her we shall return Like a drop of rain, going to the ocean May the circle be open, but unbroken, May the love of the Goddess be ever in your heart. Merry Meet and Merry Part And Merry Meet Again •∞☆ ღηℯ~ℒღѵℯ •⊱Ƭђ◕Ƭђ⊰• ℒღѵℯ~ღηℯ ☆∞• TWAS THE NIGHT OF THANKSGIVING, BUT I JUST COULDN'T SLEEP I TRIED COUNTING BACKWARDS, I TRIED COUNTING SHEEP. THE LEFTOVERS BECKONED - THE DARK MEAT AND WHITE BUT I FOUGHT THE TEMPTATION WITH ALL OF MY MIGHT TOSSING AND TURNING WITH ANTICIPATION THE THOUGHT OF A SNACK BECAME INFATUATION. SO, I RACED TO THE KITCHEN, FLUNG OPEN THE DOOR AND GAZED AT THE FRIDGE, FULL OF GOODIES GALORE. GOBBLED UP TURKEY AND BUTTERED POTATOES, PICKLES AND CARROTS, BEANS AND TOMATOES. I FELT MYSELF SWELLING SO PLUMP AND SO ROUND, 'TIL ALL OF A SUDDEN, I ROSE OFF THE GROUND. I CRASHED THROUGH THE CEILING, FLOATING INTO THE SKY WITH A MOUTHFUL OF PUDDING AND A H...

For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, For love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Thanksgiving by Ralph Waldo Emerson – 1803-1882 Thanksgiving is not just for Christian Americans! We can embrace this holiday as our own, by giving thanks to the Goddess! 'Even before biblical times the ancient people of the Mediterranean Basin held festivals at harvest time in honor of the Earth Mother. The Goddess of the Corn ('corn' being the European term for any grain; Indian corn (American corn), is called maize), was always one of the most important deities in the hierarchy of the gods, and her child was the young god of vegetation.' 'The ancient Semites called the earth mother Astarte...The Phrygians called her Semele...The Minoans had an earth mother for each district. All these local deities were absorbed by the Greeks into the one great goddess, Demeter.' 'Besides eating, feasting, et...