Autumn Archives - The Sacred Hearth

The Ant and the Grasshopper

Morningbird Library, Poems and Prose

Once upon a lovely spring day a young grasshopper was frolicking in a meadow when he happened to meet a pretty young ant out on a scouting mission. “Hello dear […]

Orpheus and Eurydike

Morningbird Library, Poems and Prose

Orpheus was a bard, a singer of great renown, son of the Muse Calliope and also the King of the Cicones, a tribe that lived in the Rhodope Mountains in […]

Autumn Prayer

Morningbird Library, Poems and Prose

Comes the blessed autumn like an artist in the night Painting green things gold and silver In the summer’s fading light All the mother’s children scurry ‘neath the skies that […]

Apple Butter

Morningbird Kitchen Witch Corner, Recipes

Apple butter is spiced, cooked apples made smooth and delicious for spreading on toast or serving over waffles. This recipe is my favorite way to use up a big harvest […]

Apples

Morningbird Food, Homestead and Hearthcraft, Kitchen Witch Corner, Morningbird's Garden

The apple tree is a deciduous, fruit-bearing tree that produces the crisp fruit that gives it its name. It is a relatively small tree, reaching 25 feet in height and […]

Feast of Sacrifice

Morningbird Book of Shadows, Holy Days, Ritual

The Feast of Sacrifice celebrates the sacrifice that other living things- plant and animal- make so that we may live. An effigy is made out of materials on hand and […]

Autumn Prayer

Morningbird Library, Poems and Prose

Comes the blessed autumn like an artist in the night Painting green things gold and silver In the summer’s fading light All the mother’s children scurry ‘neath the skies that […]