This very cool Hallowe’en TT banner was created by
Whispering from the Wings
She’s a fun TT-er and a darlin’ gal. Stop by n see her (Also more fall themed TT banners at the link) I’m gonna give her some more props, because the sweetheart went and designed a TT banner just for Thornesworld!! Isn’t that just the coolest? I’ll give you a sneak peek today, but then it’s going back unto hiding until Fall’s passed.

Thirteen Things about Thorne’s World:

13 Reasons that Fall Cleaning is a Bigger Deal Than Spring Cleaning in Thorne’s World.

1) I’m a witch.

Well, shit. I guess I don’t have 13 reasons, after all. That’s it. That one reason pretty much sums it up. Maybe. Well, alot of or at least some witches would get it, but maybe if you don’t know any witches (or about me) I can elaborate.

2) Hallowe’en is “The Witch’s ‘New Year’”

So it’s like a fresh start. Who wants to try to have a fresh start with dusty summer messes everywhere?

3) In the Spring I’m too busy getting outdoors in the garden to clean house.


I know, I know. Spring cleaning began as the way to clean out all the winter gloomies and yuckies and germs and stink. Really! But these days, no matter how cold it is, we all take baths, don’t we? I mean, do any of you really still believe that a bath will kill you or in the least make you deathly ill? I’ve gotten over throwing my refuse from meals and such on the floor of my castle in the last few centuries or so, too; so thank Goddess that’s not an issue anymore. In fact, the house stays so clean during the winter (due to the reasons below) that spring cleaning isn’t much more than a wave of my broom and a twitch of my nose!

4) I entertain alot from Hallowe’en thru the Calendar New Year.

Hallowe’en is the one big ritual observance of the year for me. I know there are lots of um, and I celebrate all the sabbats and esbats in my own lil way, but on Hallowe’en I really pull out all the stops. You see, I have alot of important house-guests for that one. Alot of them arrive on Oct 31st and don’t leave until Jan. 2nd. This is the time of year that I honor my dead. My ancestors, my husband, friends, family, and lovers who have passed on. I pull out photos and mementos, I cook their favorite foods and we offer some to them on the Dia de los Muertos altar, and we the living eat of their favorite foods and share the stories.

5) If I light the fireplace without removing the current inch or so of dust, we might explode.

(I figured I’d better lighten things up a lil… I got a lil heavy for some of ya’ll in #4, didn’t I?)

6) Winter is the time I go inward.

I can’t speak for all witches, or even any other witches but me; but I am super in tune with the turning of the wheel of the year. The seasons as they come and go are times of change on both inner and outer levels for me. Alot of folks have said that there are no seasons in California, but I must heartily disagree. We may not get tons of snow, and it can be hard to come by a road covered with the bright colors of fallen autumn leaves, but our seasons are as distinct to me, (and to any who stop to really experience their days and nights), as are night and day. So in the spring I’m ordering, and sorting seeds and planting under little homemade mini greenhouses… peppers, tomatoes, morning glories and herbs. I’m planning my garden and making lists of all that needs must be done while I check the thermometer and wonder when the last frost will finally come. In summer I’m planting and weeding and working on my landscaping. I’m catching up on the laundry I let get behind in winter and spring because it was too wet or too cold to hang out on the line (Yes, if you read here you already know that I’m an absolute freak about hanging laundry. I love it) Summer is for swimming and napping naked, for late nights under a sea of stars. Then comes fall. the days begin to cool and I have more energy again. We’re wrapping up the gardening, lots of harvesting. Time to start picking the pumpkins and gourds, the winter squash for storage. Outside cleanup and prep. Making sure tools are put away, and the house is sealed up tight against the coming cold. There’s firewood to gather, cut, split and stack, and yes, the house to clean so we can enjoy being inside for the winter months.
Winter is the time for:

7) Study

8) Reading

9) Snuggling

10) Meditation

11) Crafting

12) Writing

13) If I’m going to be cooped up in the house, it’s gonna be a clean house.

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