Sarah Ritchie, Life-Cycle Celebrant

02/24/2021

Even solitary rituals bind us to our groups and help calm anxieties. What happens when those traditions are upended?

01/04/2021

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Let There be Light Sarah Ritchie January 3, 2021 Celebrations, featured post Leave a Comment It has become tradition for me to have at least one candle going at all times, especially if I am working. I love having the flicker of candlelight and the wonderful aroma. In reviewing a recent book I j.....

12/01/2020

Blessing the Animals Sarah Ritchie December 1, 2020 Family Celebrations, Rituals Leave a Comment I’ve recently joined the hoards of people who adopted puppies and/or kittens during the pandemic. My kitten “Boots” came to join me about two weeks ago. I arranged to have a seminary friend bri.....

11/30/2020

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There’s Always Something to Celebrate Sarah Ritchie November 30, 2020 Celebrations, featured post Leave a Comment St. Andrew is the patron Saint of Scotland, so I thought it good to remind people of such. According to my Scottish-Canadian friend Lorraine Cowan, St. Andrew’s Day is generally fi....

11/28/2020

Let me help with your school, home and holiday needs

Gal Friday | gæl ˈfraɪdeɪ

11/26/2020

Meal Time Blessing Thanksgiving Day + Everyday Sarah Ritchie November 26, 2020 Celebrations, featured post Leave a Comment Like everything else this year, Thanksgiving isn’t the same. I, for instance, am home alone (with my new kitten) working on writing projects. I think we are all missing ...

10/08/2020

Sarah Ritchie October 7, 2020 featured post, Healing Leave a Comment There are so many ways that we choose to memorialize those we know—and those we do not. I think of the interesting options of how we choose to honor sports figures, for instance. Those who are part of the su.....

04/23/2020

In Perfect Harmony Sarah Ritchie April 23, 2020 Celebrations, featured post Leave a Comment The tragedy of the Covid-10 pandemic is unimaginable—with xx lost and 822,000 sickened, in America alone, we’ve not seen an epidemic of this magnitude in a century. The rapid spread of the disease has l....

04/12/2020

May Day Meets Easter Baskets Sarah Ritchie April 10, 2020 Celebrations, Families and Kids, featured post Leave a Comment In some Places in America where children gift “May Day” baskets of flowers, to neighborhood friends. If fully executed properly, the child rings the doorbell, leaves the baske...

03/24/2020

Happy Ag Day! Sarah Ritchie March 23, 2020 Celebrations, featured post Leave a Comment No one knows how long people like me, in New York City, will be holed up in their apartments with the Covid-19 pandemic. It has taken me a minute to adjust to this new normal of being alone and staying indoors. Ev...

03/24/2020

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03/24/2020

For those long days of isolation.

These are difficult days, with the Covid-19 pandemic in bloom, but I wanted to share one personal anecdote about staying close in the time of this virus. A friend of mine is in a “vulnerable demographic” here in New York—older and with a pre-existing pulmonary condition. He made the hard decis...