The Wheel of the Seasons
Imbolc It was Imbolc when first I saw Rhiannon Goch - Rhiannon the Red -named for the flame of her hair and the fire that was in her. The snow lay thick that year and we struggled up to the Druid's Ring that crowned the hill above the village. We were warm enough when the fire was blazing and, after the hymn to Bel, I sought her out. I had braided my hair and, although my warrior's scars were still fresh upon my cheeks and arms, I felt myself the man. But when I fell into her green eyes, my...