Boo's Whimsy

Wishing you all a blesséd Lughnasadh!

'Hoof and horn, hoof and horn,
All that dies shall be reborn,
Corn and grain, corn and grain,
All that falls shall rise again.'

Ian Corrigan

Wishing you sweet dreams on this Lammas Eve xx

'The Last Load' by George V. Cole

A blesséd 1st of August to you! Don't forget to blow your cinnamon :)

“Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit!”
🌾🍅A blessed first of August to You!🥦🌾
And a blessed beginning of the harvest season!

Art: Amy Maythorne, “Lammas - The Goddess surveys the late summer landscape as they ripen together.”

Abundant Lúnasa/Lammas!
(Northern hemisphere)
Hopeful Imbolc/Brigid’s Day!
(Southern hemisphere)

If you need good luck, my friend
Keep this simple habit
Right when you wake
On a new-month morn
Say “Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit!”
~ Rebekah Myers

Saying “Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit” aloud, first thing upon waking on the first day of a new month, is an old charm to ensure good fortune throughout the month.

“Additionally, the Rabbit and Hare have also long been associated with the Goddess and were the totem of several: the hare to Artemis and Hecate, the sacred rabbit to Aphrodite, to Holda who was accompanied by several torch-bearing hares, to Cerridwen and Freyja who both had hare attendants, and, of course, to Eostre who was said to have taken the shape of a hare at each full moon and whose Anglo-Saxon counterpart, Ostara, was often depicted with a white hare by her side.

There are many more goddesses associated with or attended to by both rabbits and hares and, in such, these gentle creatures can assist us in becoming more attuned to the lunar cycle. All rabbits in general are associated with the Moon, magick, luck, love, creativity, success, sensitivity, agility, spontaneity, abundance, rebirth and, of course, fertility.”

~ Patricia J. Martin
https://www.controverscial.com/Animals%20and%20Witchcraft%20-%20Rabbits%20and%20Hares.htm

Note: Throughout Mesoamerica, the rabbit also attends the goddesses Coyolxauhqui and Ixchel, and in Chinese mythology, the Moon goddess Chang’e has a rabbit companion who mixes an elixir of life in a mortar and pestle.
~ Rebekah Myers
Her Circle Woven


🌾In this time of bountiful harvest for some, please be mindful of the many who are starving.🌾

Calling all witches & wizards!
🌙✨️🫖🏅⚡️🔮✨️
Come participate in a magical time, create a wand or potion at The Gilded Moon Metaphysical Shoppe!

🔥🪄 TOMORROW, THE MAGIC BEGINS! 🪄🔥

The wait is almost over! Magic & Mischief: Goblet of Fire 2026 is happening SATURDAY in downtown Commerce! ⚡️📚

We’ve teamed up with some amazing local businesses and community partners to bring a little extra magic to our wizarding world! ✨

🏆 TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT HEADQUARTERS
📍 Commerce Public Library
Pick up your map, take on the Prefects’ Bath & Dragon Challenge, and create your very own dragon’s egg!

🧵 HOUSE PRIDE HEADQUARTERS
📍 Unraveled Stitchery
Get creative with colorful threads and fabrics and discover your Hogwarts house!

🧩 FLOURISH & BLOTTS
📍 Skip's Books, Music, Movies, & More
Take part in our Triwizard Research Challenge and test yourself with a puzzling scavenger hunt!

🍺 THE THREE BROOMSTICKS
📍 MUGS on the square
Enjoy bewitching drinks, wondrous cookies, and an enchanted carnival!

🍬 HONEYDUKES — LA DULCE PLAZA
📍 La Dulce Plaza
Stop by La Dulce Plaza for inspired drinks and magical treats worthy of a trip to Hogsmeade!

🪄 DIVINATION & MAGICAL CREATIONS
📍 The Gilded Moon Metaphysical Shoppe
Mix magical potions and let your wand choose you!

🦊✨ INK-A-MORA — SALTY FOX TATTOOS
📍 Salty Fox Tattoos
Visit Salty Fox Tattoos and find your mark with colorful temporary tattoos!

💫 A MAGICAL THANK-YOU! 💫

This event — and our entire Summer Reading Program — wouldn’t be possible without the incredible support of our community!

🎭 A special THANK YOU to the East Texas A&M University Department of Theatre for supporting our event and helping us bring the magic to life!

📚✨ And a huge thank-you to the HEB/TLA Summer at the Library Grant for supporting us throughout our Summer Reading Program and helping make our annual End-of-Summer Reading Party possible!

We are so grateful for every partner, sponsor, volunteer, and community member who helps make the library a place where magic happens all summer long! ❤️📚

📅 SATURDAY 6-8 pm!
📍 Commerce Public Library and participating downtown businesses
🔥 Magic & Mischief: Goblet of Fire 2026

Grab your robes, bring your wands, and get ready for some serious mischief! 🧙‍♀️⚡️🔥

The eve of July 31st through August 7th in the northern hemisphere ushers in the time of Lughnasadh, a first-harvest festival rooted in ancient Gaelic culture.

Pronounced as LOO-nuh-suh, this festival of first fruits, was noted in early Irish literature, yet is likely based on harvest ceremonies far older than written word. “Lughnasadh” means “Assembly of Lugh,” and is also the Irish name for the month of August.

In Britain, after the coming of Christianity, the first loaf of bread made from the first cutting of grain was taken to church to be blessed and this harvest holi-day was known as “Lammas” or “Loaf-mas,” the mass for the loaves.

Similar harvest celebrations have been kept in cultures all over the world, a unifying realization.

Lughnasadh is still observed in Ireland, Scotland, on the Isle of Man, and among those interested in earth-based spirituality and cyclical living.

Central to this first fruits festival, are the triple faced god/king, Lugh, who, in a spiritual sense, embodies the life cycle of the grain, from planting to harvest — and his foster-mother, the goddess/queen/earth mother, Tailtiu (pronounced as TAL-choo), who, through her work to clear and plant the land, kept her people from hunger.

This is a time to pause amidst life’s labors, to be mindful of the earth’s great bounty, to tend and harvest with care, and to savor with gratitude and rejoicing.

~ Rebekah Myers
copyright © by Rebekah Myers, 7/31/2022
Her Circle Woven

Art: Andrea Redmond
Cailleach Moon Cottage

Note: The word “Lammas” comes from the Old English phrase hlāfmæsse, which translates to “loaf mass.” The term began to be used in late 9th century Anglo-Saxon England.

🌾In this time of bountiful harvesting for some, please be mindful of the many who are starving.🌾

Image by : Dirtborn

One other these things is a paper towel holder, I have no idea what the other one is supposed to hold but that's ok because I am repurposing them into doll holders. 😀

Don't get dehydrated! Especially if you have interstitial cystitis...

I'm out of bed and back to making things today. Felt rounds are cut for cross-stitch backings, a new web is being woven on a macrame (I have **never** had a web break but there's some crazy happenings with this piece), ginger-turmeric tea is being drank.

It dawned on me that Walmart sells turmeric root... I could make *really* fresh tea!! However, I am drinking tea made from a dry, beautifully chunky blend that can be found at The Gilded Moon. :)

And, this is cool. New murals on the outside of the building!

I'm gonna have to go to the law office and ask about the people depicted.

Working on a sign for my space.

A cool thing-- the wood in using for my sign came from a piece of furniture owned by my great grandmother, Lily.

I wonder-- if I could talk to Grandma right now would she say that I have some skills inherited from Grandpa? Ya know, from the Irish. The sight and all.