June 1st, 2026

“I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.”

L.M. Montgomery (Canadian Author; November 30th, 1874 to April 24th, 1942)

Encountering Hestia

“House ordering is my prayer, and when I have finished my prayer is answered. And bending, stooping, scrubbing, purifies my body as prayer doesn’t.”

Jessamyn West (American Author; July 18th, 1902 to February 23rd, 1984)

“Hestia, the vulnerable domestic spirit. We may not have known her name, but we have felt her move through us when we experience pleasure in our daily round.”

“Three thousand years ago in ancient Greece, Hestia was the goddess of the hearth, guardian of family life and the temple. It was to Hestia that women turned for protection and inspiration so that they might, as an act of worship, transform their dwelling places into homes of beauty and comfort. Hestia was one of the twelve Olympians in classical Greek mythology, But she is the least known of all the deities, and there are no legends about her the privilege of sitting in the center of their celestial home so that she might receive the best offerings from mortals. While the other gods and goddesses were personified in sculpture and paintings, Hestia was not rendered in human form. Instead, her spiritual presence was honored as an eternal flame burning on a round hearth.”

“The goddess Hestia’s presence in house and temple was central to everyday life.”

Jean Shinola Bolen (American Psychiatrist; 1936)

“My reverence in the daily round is my morning meditation and sets the tone of my day.”

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–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 188 to 191 of 501.

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