Stoking the Imbolc Flames! Welcome to PPBH in February!

January has come and gone folks! Can you believe it? Time sure flies when you're having fun! What do you have to show for January? I have lots! This year is gonna ROCK! 

So now its onward to February! Imbolc is here which means Spring is right around the corner! What do you have planned for your Imbolc festivities? 

Also want to put out there that I'm still looking for guest bloggers! Please contact me (links on the right) if you are interested in sharing a post with the PPBH community! 

And now for the monthly reminders: 

• Check out the menu bar for blog entry categories.
• Please show your fellow bloggers some love and visit their posts as well! Leaving a comment would be even better! And please mention that you found them at the PPBH! 
• Click on the 'About' tab to read a little more on how the hop works and descriptions of our categories.
• Also please checkout the 'Guidelines' tab to review posting and "Brilliant Blogger" guidelines.
• Remember to always use post specific links when linking up. The only time you should link up a general link to your blog is in the 'New to PPBH' category.

Brilliant Blogger Award Winner For January:

Blog: Heartache Into Beauty

Author: Colleen

Tell us a little bit about yourself. -  I am a neopagan sea witch with shamanic leanings.  I’m originally from a suburb of Philadelphia (with a no-nonsense attitude to match), and have been living in Maryland for almost 7 years now.  I have an educational background in wildlife biology, and currently work as a writer for an environmental non-profit.  I grew up surrounded by music and received all sorts of musical training up through college in voice, piano, oboe, and guitar.  Not surprisingly, music is an integral part of my magickal practice – creating it, listening to it, singing it, and sharing it with others.  

What drove you to starting your own blog? -  I've been blogging since 1999, and have tried out several platforms over the years.  I started Heartache Into Beauty because I wanted to start a blog that was focused on neopaganism, and after blogging for a bit I narrowed down my main focus to the pagan music scene from there.

What is it that you like to blog most about? - The pagan music scene - music by and for pagans.  I think it's really important in the pagan community to support and share each others' creative endeavors.  Every Monday I feature a song or two by a pagan musician I'm feeling inspired by or whose music I'm otherwise drawn to that day.  Chant writing is an important part of my practice, so I share the chants I write as well. 

Your thoughts on PPBH? - I was so excited when I first found it!  It's such a great tool for building the pagan blogging community, by helping pagans find great content to read and giving us all a place to share the content we work so hard on.

 Anything else you'd like to add? - I am once again attending the Sacred Space Conference in early March.  If you're going too, feel free to let me know you’re going so I can keep an eye out for you, or introduce yourself if you see me there!  And be on the lookout out for a post or two (or maybe even three) with post-conference recaps.