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Not Your Grams Kitchen is More Than Just a Blog…. We are Going Live in Georgia’s Growing Cottage Food Industry

VIENNA, Georgia — A new chapter is beginning for local dessert lovers as Not Your Grams Kitchen officially joins Georgia’s thriving cottage food industry, bringing handcrafted cookies, brownies, cakes, and other specialty baked goods directly from a home kitchen to customers across the state. Founded on the belief that homemade desserts should be anything but … Continue reading Not Your Grams Kitchen is More Than Just a Blog…. We are Going Live in Georgia’s Growing Cottage Food Industry

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Wartime Cooking and Baking: History, Ingenuity, and Lasting Legacy

Wartime cooking and baking represent one of the most creative and resilient chapters in culinary history. Faced with rationing, shortages, and uncertainty, home cooks developed innovative techniques to stretch limited ingredients, feed their families, and support the war effort. These resourceful methods not only sustained millions during global conflict but also shaped modern cooking habits … Continue reading Wartime Cooking and Baking: History, Ingenuity, and Lasting Legacy

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The 12th Night of Yule : The Oath, Hogmanay, and the Turning of the Year

The Twelfth Night of Yule stands at a sacred threshold. It is the final ember of the long Yule fire, the moment when the old year exhales and the new year draws its first breath. Across cultures and centuries, this night has been honored as a time of oaths, endings, revelry, and fate-setting—a night when … Continue reading The 12th Night of Yule : The Oath, Hogmanay, and the Turning of the Year

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The 11th Night of Yule : Mari Lwyd, Divining the New Year, and Walking the Dreamworld

The 11th Night of Yule is a liminal threshold — a place between waking and dreaming, past and future. The veil is thin here, not only between worlds, but between what has been and what may yet come. This night belongs to Mari Lwyd, to prophecy, to symbols, and to the deep wisdom that speaks … Continue reading The 11th Night of Yule : Mari Lwyd, Divining the New Year, and Walking the Dreamworld

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The Tenth Day of Yule: Saturnalia, When the Animals Speak, and Reconnecting with Nature

The tenth day of Yule falls under the ancient and joyful influence of Saturnalia, a festival once celebrated across Rome and later woven into many Northern European winter traditions. This is a day of reversal, release, and remembrance—when rigid structures soften, laughter replaces labor, and humans remember their place within the living world. At its … Continue reading The Tenth Day of Yule: Saturnalia, When the Animals Speak, and Reconnecting with Nature

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The Ninth Day of Yule: Spirits of the Home, the Listening Gods, and the Mother Deer

The Ninth Day of Yule turns our attention inward—to the quiet spaces that shelter us, the unseen presences that guard our thresholds, and the gentle strength that sustains life through the hardest months. This is a day of guardianship and reverence, where hearth and altar blur into one, and where the sacred walks softly through … Continue reading The Ninth Day of Yule: Spirits of the Home, the Listening Gods, and the Mother Deer

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The Eighth Night of Yule : The Wild Self, Service to Others, and Warding the Winter Home

The eighth night of Yule invites us to stand at a powerful crossroads between the wild and the welcoming hearth. As the long nights deepen and winter settles fully into the land, this night honors the Wild Self—that instinctive, untamed part of us that knows how to endure, adapt, and protect. It is also a … Continue reading The Eighth Night of Yule : The Wild Self, Service to Others, and Warding the Winter Home

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The Seventh Night of Yule: Cleansing, Hospitality & the Coming of Grýla and the Yule Lads

The Seventh Night of Yule stands at a meaningful threshold. The worst of the darkness has passed, yet winter still holds sway. This is a night devoted to cleansing, hospitality, and the sacred duty of welcoming guests—both expected and unseen. In old traditions, this night was a turning of the hearth. Homes were swept, thresholds … Continue reading The Seventh Night of Yule: Cleansing, Hospitality & the Coming of Grýla and the Yule Lads