{"id":9022,"date":"2013-10-01T01:10:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T06:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=9332"},"modified":"2013-09-28T13:38:58","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T18:38:58","slug":"interweavings-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2013\/10\/01\/interweavings-37\/","title":{"rendered":"Interweavings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong>October Book of Seasons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Samhain is here and at my house it is highly anticipated!\u00a0 I love walking into a grocery store and seeing all of the new Halloween decorations out for sale!\u00a0 Look at how so many people celebrate, albeit without knowing, our sacred turn of the year.\u00a0 Pumpkins, skeletons, black cats and scarecrows peek from houses and businesses.\u00a0 The fall harvest is in and the aromas of cinnamon brooms and pumpkin soup fill the house.\u00a0 Can you tell I love this time of the year?\u00a0 Let\u2019s fill our hearths and hearts with the grounding abundance surrounding us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our affirmation is<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My heart and hands bring sacred peace to me and mine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I want to share my pumpkin soup recipe.\u00a0 Simple, delicious and perfect for this lovely month, this soup will nourish body and soul.\u00a0 It is a great recipe for keeping on hand in the pantry.\u00a0 I try to use fresh pumpkin but a 15-oz can of solid-pack pumpkin is just as delicious.\u00a0 If you use fresh, 1 \u00be cups of cooked pumpkin equals a 15-oz can.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pumpkin Soup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd cup chopped onion,<\/p>\n<p>2 tablespoons butter<\/p>\n<p>1 tablespoon all-purpose flour<\/p>\n<p>2 cans (14 \u00bd ounce each) chicken broth<\/p>\n<p>1 can (15 ounce) solid-pack pumpkin<\/p>\n<p>1 teaspoon brown sugar<\/p>\n<p>\u00bc teaspoon salt<\/p>\n<p>dash of pepper<\/p>\n<p>dash of nutmeg, optional<\/p>\n<p>1 cup whipping cream<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a large saucepan saut\u00e9 onion in butter until tender.<\/p>\n<p>Remove from heat; stir in flour until smooth.<\/p>\n<p>Gradually stir in broth, pumpkin, brown sugar, salt, butter and nutmeg.<\/p>\n<p>Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 5 min.<\/p>\n<p>Add cream and cook for 2 more min. until heated through.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Makes 6 servings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is perfect with pumpernickel bread and baked apples.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With all of the decorations available for sale I still prefer to fill my house with gifts from nature.\u00a0 I love leaves hot glued around pillar candles and wee baskets of acorns and crystals and pretty rocks.\u00a0 Pie pumpkins stacked on top of each other in baskets and bundles of herbs tied and hanging to dry in windows.\u00a0 Of course, we have a collection of black cats collected by each of my 3 kids over the years piled up on the hearth and adorable witchy-poos scattered throughout.\u00a0 This <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is<\/span> our favorite holiday!\u00a0 Oh, and there is a tree branch decorated with orange lights and ornaments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The turn of the wheel has brought us to the end our sacred year.\u00a0 Within the delicious sights and smells of October, I send you blessings of peace and comfort as the veil thins and we remember the connection of all; here and beyond this life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brightest Blessings!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October Book of Seasons &nbsp; Samhain is here and at my house it is highly anticipated!\u00a0 I love walking into a grocery store and seeing all of the new Halloween decorations out for sale!\u00a0 Look at how so many people celebrate, albeit without knowing, our sacred turn of the year.\u00a0 Pumpkins, skeletons, black cats and scarecrows peek from houses and businesses.\u00a0 The fall harvest is in and the aromas of cinnamon brooms and pumpkin soup fill the house.\u00a0 Can you tell I love this time of the year?\u00a0 Let\u2019s fill our hearths and hearts with the grounding abundance surrounding us. &nbsp; &nbsp; Our affirmation is &nbsp; My heart and hands bring sacred peace to me and mine. &nbsp; &nbsp; I want to share my pumpkin soup recipe.\u00a0 Simple, delicious and perfect for this lovely month, this soup will nourish body and soul.\u00a0 It is a great recipe for keeping on hand in the pantry.\u00a0 I try to use fresh pumpkin but a 15-oz can of solid-pack pumpkin is just as delicious.\u00a0 If you use fresh, 1 \u00be cups of cooked pumpkin equals a 15-oz can. &nbsp; Pumpkin Soup &nbsp; \u00bd cup chopped onion, 2 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 2 cans (14 \u00bd ounce each) chicken broth 1 can (15 ounce) solid-pack pumpkin 1 teaspoon brown sugar \u00bc teaspoon salt dash of pepper dash of nutmeg, optional 1 cup whipping cream &nbsp; In a large saucepan saut\u00e9 onion in butter until tender. Remove from heat; stir in flour until smooth. Gradually stir in broth, pumpkin, brown sugar, salt, butter and nutmeg. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 5 min. Add cream and cook for 2 more min. until heated through. &nbsp; Makes 6 servings. &nbsp; This is perfect with pumpernickel bread and baked apples. &nbsp; &nbsp; With all of the decorations available for sale I still prefer to fill my house with gifts from nature.\u00a0 I love leaves hot glued around pillar candles and wee baskets of acorns and crystals and pretty rocks.\u00a0 Pie pumpkins stacked on top of each other in baskets and bundles of herbs tied and hanging to dry in windows.\u00a0 Of course, we have a collection of black cats collected by each of my 3 kids over the years piled up on the hearth and adorable witchy-poos scattered throughout.\u00a0 This is our favorite holiday!\u00a0 Oh, and there is a tree branch decorated with orange lights and ornaments. &nbsp; The turn of the wheel has brought us to the end our sacred year.\u00a0 Within the delicious sights and smells of October, I send you blessings of peace and comfort as the veil thins and we remember the connection of all; here and beyond this life. &nbsp; Brightest Blessings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9022"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8723,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9022\/revisions\/8723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}