Fire, flowers, and sex: what you should know about Beltane, aka May Day

Lotsa Beltane, getting personal about my next novel, plus News from the Library re: Mary Lou Buschi and Jenn Bouchard, and a booktail for ALCHEMY OF YEAST AND TEARS by Patricia Davis-Muffett!

May 11, 2023

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Don your flower crowns and break out the maypoles! It’s all about that Beltane, baby! (I tried a Meghan Trainor parody there, but “Beltane” is one syllable too many.)

The Beltane cocktails from the Wheel of the Year recipe deck. From top left: May Pole, The Stag, Feast and Fire, and The Green Man

Picture it: the British Isles. Everybody’s pagan, pretty much by default. On the eve of May, youths spend the day gathe…

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