Happy Imbolc!
First off, please check out my review of Manitoba Hemp products on Jae Steele's blog, Domestic Affair . For those of you who don't know, Jae is the author of the amazing Get it Ripe! , a cookbook staple to any healthy vegan kitchen, and the upcoming Ripe From Around Here . On a different note, today is more than just Groundhog's Day , between the Midwinter Solstice and Spring Equinox, tucked away between the ends of winter and the tiniest hints of spring, is Imbolc . It is the first of three fertility Sabbats of the Wheel of the Year, usually dedicated to the Celtic Goddess Brigid. Anticipating the upcoming spring, the festival literally translates from the Old Irish as 'in the belly', referring to the lactation of ewes in preparation for their newborn lambs. In many ways Imbolc celebrates life, birth, growth, a new season, and the end of the harshest and darkest months. Imbolc is the seed that will grow into the rest of the year. It is a time to let go of the mant...