Third High Day Explanation: Imbolc 2014

A tradition I began at Imbolc a few years ago, was to make a list of “Sacred Intentions.”  This is my version of New Year resolutions, but composed long after the guilt-induced  hangover of the holiday season has passed.  Imbolc is approximately the

half-way point between the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox, and it feels like the perfect time to start shedding the heavy layers I have accumulated over the course of the season.  Having been locked in by below freezing temperatures since December 5th, it's hard to remain optimistic that spring will ever come, but I keep the faith by designing my garden expansions, ordering vegetable and herb seeds, and envisioning what my sacred grove will look like when it is no longer buried beneath several feet of snow.