Folk Wisdom... Folk Arts... and words that want to be shared

by Melanie Paquette

If you look for the definition of ‘divination,’ you’ll typically find something along the lines of fortune telling, predicting the future, or prophesying what is to come. In a previous article, I shared an alternative way of looking at divination:

looking at...

By Penny Reed

The trails resembled the rough ice on a frozen pond. Not good enough to skate on but safe to walk on. I was feeling very grateful for my ice cleats as I heard them confidently picking themselves into the frozen slippery surface beneath me. The seasonally warm temperatures had...

Poetry from Claire Sylvan’s book, Turnings

Quilt Rules

A half yard of blue cotton,
Mottled with navy, laced with gold,
Calls, opens a window for me to leap through,
And a quilt beings.

Calling, Green! Turquoise! Red! And flowing Teal.
Come! This corner, this swirl
Needs what you alone can offer....

When this recipe was given to children and grandchildren, it was handed over in this way …

'Mushrooms, beets, potatoes, onions, tomatoes or tomato juice, lemon, milk … cook and serve mushed or whole.'

The assumption was, you’d have hung around enough times in the making to...

Martenitsa is a charm made out of white and red twisted thread. It's a Bulgarian centuries old tradition celebrating Baba Marta (Grandmother Marta) that brings together mythology, agricultural wisdom and old pagan whispers. It’s about saying goodbye to winter and welcoming spring. It's...

Alexander Davis is a self taught leatherworker who specializes in Celtic and Norse art styles. Based in the beautiful Lanark Highlands of Ontario, he has always been a storyteller and artist, and now strives to create the living stories of history carved into leather. By using traditional leather...