Shay's Rune

Geez, where have I been for the last 5 months?!? It's Summer already, granted, still early Summer, but we're already seeing things come to fruition. The Summer flowers are in full bloom, some fruits have made their appearance and the bees are pollinating every little thing they can find.  Ahhh, fresh honey, that golden elixir that never goes bad, or expires and makes my favorite beverage.....mead! But I digress, the summer solstice has already past, and believe it or not, the days area starting to get shorter. Of course most won't notice because, well, they're busy doing summer activities, going to the beach, cooking out, vacations, etc. The sun is all important, it is a life source we can not live without and is critical for our mental health as well as our physical. When we bask in its glow, it makes us feel we can overcome anything and everything. Yes, I am talking about the sun wheel rune, Sowilo. Sowilo gives counsel that having dealt with the challenges that

For the most part, our Winter here in this Eastern part of the Midwest has been fairly mild. Of course it's not over yet.....the crocuses and daffodils have not peeked their heads up yet. Nevertheless, despite the groundhog predicting 6 more weeks of winter, I have already seen the first harbinger of the coming Spring......the robin! We are, at this point, ready to shed our coats, or at least go to lighter weight ones, and to pack away boots and gloves. Unfortunately we still have some time to go and probably a surprise or two from Mother Nature (I will not mention the precipitation words....lol). What I want to focus on though is this time of transition. And a good rune for that is Eiwhaz, the yew rune.  It seems almost contradictory because the yew has associations with death because of the fact that the whole tree is toxic. It can neither be ingested, or its wood burned as an incense. But think on this, the yew tree is part of the evergreen family, and, there are components