Deborah Lipp

I’ve been in a business training for 3 days, and hardly near a computer at all. Today I found out that my step-aunt died last night. Judy Lambert was a brave and good woman, fighting lung cancer, kidney disease, and a host of complications that would have made most of us despair. But she was cheerful and adventursome, and I am saddened by her departure. She’ll be missed.

So I come home tonight and not that my day started all that well because I was going to get a new tattoo in a ritual setting but the artist got a very bad flu but ANYWAY…

So I come home tonight and every single post in the blog has a spam “comment” about Texas Hold ’em poker.

So moderation is back on. If the blog gets really active I’ll reconsider but for now it isn’t hurting anyone. If you register and I know you I can turn moderation off on an individual basis.

I’ve been Pagan for over twenty years, and no one has ever given me a clear, cogent explanation of the relationship between Groundhog’s Day and Brigid’s Day. I mean, they’re the same day, but other than that. Because after all, groundhogs are native to North America, and Brigid, not so much. Well, finally it occured to me that it’s just a simple seasonal weather predictor, like “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight.” Sunny day (i.e. visible shadows) on Brigid means a normal winter, cloudy day on Brigid means an early spring. I don’t need a groundhog to tell me that it’s sunny out right now. Oh well.

For the record, Punxsatawney Phil agrees with my prediction, and Staten Island Chuck does not. So maybe it’s cloudy over on Staten Island.