The Threshold of Spring - Glasse Witch Cottage My spouse and I are really lucky. We live on around three acres right by the Conococheague Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River that’s large enough to take a kayak down. The land we belong to has b...

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A photo of a door opening and the caption "The Threshold of Spring."

Yesterday's sermon (text/video/audio) is up on the blog. This one is all about spring, liminality, and choosing the story of the growing season. #UUSky #PaganSky

A promotional graphic for "the threshold of spring"

Offering the sermon tomorrow @ the Unitarian Universalist Church of Hagerstown. I'm talking about approaches to spring, and ways we can work with liminality in our own lives. Music starts at 10:30 AM, the service begins at 10:45. Join us in person or DM for the link. #UUSky #PaganSky #HeathenSky

Most definitely 🤣

Irene and three baby goats

A baby goat and Irene snuggling

A selfie with a baby goat

Irene laughs while bottle feeding a baby goat

Dopamine. This is at Georges Mill Farm in Virginia.

Saga, a black husky-amstaff mix, looks at the camera with dandelion seeds all over her face

Apparently Saga started the day by making wishes on some dandelions 🤣🤣🤣 #DogSky

A promotional graphic for The Inclusive Heathenry Crash Course

Last call for tonight's streaming Friday Night Workshop! Explore the fundamentals of contemporary Inclusive Heathenry, differences between Heathens and Pagans, and approaches for attending Heathen ceremonies and events. Sign up at the Events page of GlasseWitchCottage dot com #HeathenSky #PaganSky

Irene and Ash in rainbow light at NMAI

The Hope Diamond

The ceremony space at NMAI

The US Botanic Garden

Day 2 of Ash's birthday weekend: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and the U.S. Botanic Garden

It's been a lovely couple of days. I think Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens was our favorite, but it was also new for us.

Goths at the zoo

The Asian garden at Hillwood

Doors in the Reptile House

Elephant fountain

Celebrating Ash's birthday with a weekend in DC. Today was Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens and Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Absolutely perfect weather.

Message me here or via email at GlasseWitchCottage@gmail

A photo of Irene making puppy dog eyes at the camera with a thought bubble that says "Please?'

Heyyyyyy author friends! Crossed Crow is preparing to release "Foundations of Witchcraft," the manuscript that is Year One training in Blackfeather Mystery School, the magickal academy I offer in Maryland.

Please lmk if you're you willing to review/potentially blurb it? Endorsements are due 5/15.

Siberian squill

Daffodil

Plum tree buds

A menhir at the Magick House

Equinox

Siberian squill

Daffodil

Plum tree buds

A menhir at the Magick House

Equinox

Thank you 💚 And yes - it's so pervasive that we can't even see it clearly in many cases :(

Saga, a medium sized black dog, lies on the kitchen floor

First warm day and Saga has resumed her Summer Afternoon Nap position on the cool tile of the kitchen floor 🤣
#DogSky

YES. I've always found my background in (frustrating, challenging, ultimately rewarding) classical voice to be a great credit to learning in general and witchcraft in particular.

As another witch who comes from the classical music world, this is completely spot on.

Stories That Shape Us: Nature, Spirit, and the Living World YouTube video by Glasse Witch Cottage

Listen here: youtu.be/nzUxifhs-sU?...

A graphic that says "The stories that shape us"

New blog this morning! This one is yesterday's sermon, and is about mythology, deities, definitions and perspective. It was recorded - hit the first comment if you'd like to listen rather than read. glassewitchcottage.com/2026/03/09/s...

#UUSky #PaganSky #HeathenSky

A selfie of Irene Glasse in the car

On my way to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick for some sermon-ing! Join us at 930 (this one is also streaming) and 1130 (in person only) for "Myth in Modern Life."

#UUSky #PaganSky #HeathenSky

Irene kneels on a yoga mat. Saga and Lìfa, two dogs, are also trying to sit on the mat.

"Helping" with morning yoga practice.

#DogSky

Oof, that sounds awful. At least this is only a couple nights most months.

You know, I don't mind most of the long-term-witchcraft side effects. Even the ones that make people reluctant to invite me to dinner parties since I no longer know how to have a "normal" conversation. But I am so over full moon insomnia. Can't I just swap this for a new hyperfixation or something?

We are! It will be lovely to be back.

Okay. Programming submitted for Rites of Spring, Pagan Spirit Gathering, and TempleFest.

And now we wait.

#PaganSky #HeathenSky

Sticker rewards work really well for me. Apparently I am still seven 🤣

The Nordic animist calendar with tie-dye patterned yoga stickers on days with practices.

Accountability post: yoga practices in February, hippie stickers on this year's super goth Nordic Animist calendar 🤣 Obviously some inconsistencies around the conference and colonoscopy, but I'm good with them.

A photo of an article in Idunna. The heading reads "The Goddess Sif and the Road Away from Toxic Masculinity"

Really proud of my beloved better half, Ash. Their first "official" published article just appeared in this month's Idunna.

#HeathenSky

Kansas just suspended the driver’s licenses of all trans people in the state.

One thing us non-Kansans can do to help is donate to Trans Continental Pipeline, a Colorado organization that helps people move to safer places. (H/t to T. Thorn Coyle for the link)

tcpipeline .org

🔗⬇️

Against a background image showing tarot cards spread across a red tablecloth, the cover of "Tarot By Tempest" by Laura Tempesst Zakroff hovers, along with the quote, "A vital, original, and enjoyable guide through the art of tarot reading." -Enfys J. Book

"Tarot By Tempest" is all about math and the relationships between the numbers at the core of a standard 78-card Tarot deck. Full review:
majorarqueerna.com/unlocking-tarot-reading-...

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book […]

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