Category: Faith Blogs

We believe in promoting holistic health here at Happy Hooligan Homestead. This most definitely includes spiritual health. Our faith, just as our other values in life, is based on celebrating and supporting Nature’s balance. We honor the energies that flowed through our Ancestors and continue to connect us to each other now. These same energies that connect us to all of Nature’s community. They are a part of everything we do. Here is a collection of our faith based blogs, including festive descriptions of each of our seasonal holy day celebrations! Be blessed my friends!

Picture of a senior black cat lying on a red chair with Samhain decorations, such as jack-o-lanterns, skulls, and pumpkins, in the background surrounding a small altar table full of many remembrance items and framed, old, and/or loose pictures of Cristophe and Rimakej's passed loved ones, human and non-human animal alike.

Samhain, Holy Day of Change

Posted on October 29, 2021December 4, 2021 by Rimakej Valentini

Samhain is the time of jack-o-lanterns, bonfires, Fae, Spirits, Familiars, and Guardians. The time of…

Picture of Cristophe standing in a conifer forest while leaning his back on the base of a large Douglas Fir tree completely covered in living green moss.

Reclaiming My Heritage, Accidentally

Posted on October 8, 2021December 30, 2021 by Cristophe

Samhain is around the corner and I’ve been working on reclaiming my ancestral heritage. Each…

Picture of a wicker wreath decorated with small smiling scarecrow heads, different sizes and colors of sunflowers, fall colored leaves, and a wooden sign hanging in the middle with the drawing of a smiling scarecrow amongst corn, sunflowers, wheat, pumpkins, and leaves above the text, "Welcome!"

Mabon, True Holy Day of Thanksgiving

Posted on September 22, 2021December 4, 2021 by Rimakej Valentini

Fall Equinox marks the first day of Fall. In the Northern Hemisphere, it lands around…

Picture of a Midsummer themed metal wire wreath decorated with artificial orange, red, white, and yellow sunflowers and other Summer flowers, green grass blades, strawberries, and shiny colorful dragonflies and butterflies. In the middle of the wreath is a print of an artistic drawing of strawberries surrounded by the words, "Wildberry Fields Ruby Red Patch" in multiple decorative fonts.

Midsummer, Holy Day of Light

Posted on June 16, 2021December 4, 2021 by Rimakej Valentini

Midsummer is almost here! This Holy Day marks the longest day of the year, Summer…

Picture of Rimakej's left arm holding up folds of her red dancing skirt to the bars protecting the inner caverns of the Leech Wells in Totnes, Devon, UK. There are many spiritual offerings left by community members of colorful ribbons, feathers, and plant material tied to the metal bars and left on the ledge in front of them.

Healthy Community, What Humans Are Missing

Posted on March 31, 2021December 4, 2021 by Rimakej Valentini

Have you ever wondered why humans always seem to have an empty hole inside of…

Ostara themed Seasonal Altar decorated with bird made nests and exotic blown-out eggs from when Rimakej used to work as a senior aviculture animal care specialist, two paper mache eggs with multiple spiritual symbols hand painted on them, felt handmade finger puppets designed as different exotic birds, and the purple and green Nature themed flower chaplets, strewing herb basket, and handfasting clothe from Cristophe and Rimakej's Ostara Handfasting ceremony.

Ostara, Springtime Holy Day

Posted on March 17, 2021March 30, 2022 by Rimakej Valentini

(Updated: March 16, 2022) Ostara holds special significance to us at Half Hectare Homestead for…

Picture of a stone statue of a mother sheep and her lamb laying snuggled together in a bed of grass with rays of sunshine shining upon them through the canopies of the trees in the background. Photo by Rimakej Valentini.

Imbolc: Prepping for Spring

Posted on February 3, 2021February 8, 2022 by Cristophe

(Updated: January 29, 2022) Imbolc is special at HHH in that I celebrate it solo….

Picture of a red Yule sign, under a freshly harvested cypress branch, with gold lettering that reads, "Wishing You the Gift of Believing."

Yule: My First Holy Day Celebration

Posted on December 16, 2020January 29, 2022 by Rimakej Valentini

(Updated: December 17, 2021) Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year. This day…

Picture of Rimakej with a red hand print painted across her mouth to bring visible awareness to the ongoing genocide of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People for National Day of Mourning 2021.

Day of Mourning: Our Thanksgiving Perspective

Posted on December 2, 2020January 29, 2022 by Rimakej Valentini

Content warning: mentions of violence, racism, murder, torture, slavery, and genocide. (Updated: November 21, 2021)…

Modeling photo of Rimakej wearing a cloth wrap top, long red dancing skirt, and Native American style face paint, while softly leaning down towards a tall flower growing in a patch of prairie grass in the bright sunlight. Photo by Jessica Kearney.

Creative Importance in Life

Posted on November 25, 2020December 4, 2021 by Rimakej Valentini

I am forever thankful to have been raised by parents who have always encouraged the…

Hi, we are authors Rimakej (they/them) and Cristophe (he/him) Valentini. HHH began as Half Hectare Homestead, a holistic homestead we managed for 5 years near San Antonio, Texas, USA. Now HHH is Happy Hooligan Homestead, a growing sustainable and inclusive homesteading community in upstate New York, USA! Thank you for enjoying our blogs as we continue to share love and learning with you all. Subscribe to our email list below, or follow us on Facebook and/or Instagram to view even more of our unique content!