Sorry I’ve been quiet lately, I’ve been a little swept up in first edits on my novel, Altar of Change. I’m nearly finished, and then I’ll be asking some friends to read through and hack it apart so I can make it stronger, better. While I’ve been editing, I’ve had another idea gestating in my…
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Spirit branch offerings- April pink moon
We tied and crafted two new offerings for our spirit branch tonight. My offering was green and gold and used yarn, embroidery thread, aventurine beads, and a piece of jade tied to a turmeric root for healing. I annointed it with some healing oil and lit a healing candle once it was attached to the…
Herbs for fibromyalgia (and other chronic inflammatory diseases)
More herbal goodies I’ve been working on.. Also getting ready to do a block of editing on my first novel to hopefully *gasp* put it ‘out there’ sometime in the near future. 🙂 Herbs for fibromyalgia (and other chronic inflammatory diseases).
Spirit Branch
So, I was supposed to be super productive today. I was going to finish my Full Moon Offering incense, write about my 5th patron deity, maybe write a bit more about my complicated relationship with Inanna, clean my side of the room, bathe the doggies, maybe even collect some cherry blossoms. It didn’t work out…
My patron deities- Inanna (Fire)
The Backstory Inanna came to me at a very pivotal time in my life. My partner of 7 years had just dumped me to go live with her new girlfriend the next state over, and my world was turned upside down. We had experienced lesbian bed death about 3 years in, and my self esteem…
My patron deities- Sarasvati (Air)
Creativity can be a double-edged sword. On one side, dreaming up and making beautiful things is wonderful, right? Whether you dream in poetry, write your truth, sing the song of your people, or bring a vision to life, you’re tapping into a process as old as humanity, and perhaps older. However, what happens when you’re…
My patron deities- Lakshmi (Earth)
Lakshmi came to me at the same time that her sister, Sarasvati, did. She is the Hindu Goddess of wealth, luck, and family. To me, she has always been the Queen of Pentacles, and all the groundedness and abundance that embodies. She’s often portrayed seated or standing in a lotus, hovering over a river which…
Concocting- What to do when your sources disagree?
Meanwhile, over on Ravenson Reagents…
While doing research…
Myrrh, by The Church. I promise I wasn’t goofing off on YouTube. Much.
Hoping to post videos a bit more often…
Imbolc Enchanted Map cards reading.
Hoping to post videos a bit more often…
Imbolc Enchanted Map cards reading.
Warmth
Today Bear and I are here at our local Korean sauna, doing the annual ‘I don’t celebrate my birthday anymore, but I still want to go to the sauna’ trip. I’ve been looking forward to this for weeks. There are so many good things about this place. Right now I’m sitting in the red clay…
How fibro feels.
I try not to bitch and whine too much about health stuff here. Honestly, nobody really wants to know that much detail about the pain that others go through, and who can blame them? Life is filled with pain and health trouble, so why dwell on it? But here’s the thing. I tell people that…
Winter is coming.
Trees and a weak winter sun. (I didn’t make these B&W, it wss just a very grey day and it worked out that way.)
Tarot Reading 12/8/2013
It’s been a while since I’ve done a tarot reading for myself, and so I thought I would do a general reading just asking about the year ahead. I didn’t focus on work, relationships, money, creativity, health, or any of the other things that occupy my every waking minute, I decided to just let the…
More bird omens and good coffee
This morning, when I was taking our roommate into work, I nearly ran into 4 huge crows in the middle of the road who were fighting over some poor dead critter. I’ve always been a huge fan of the crow rhyme (have I listed it here?), and 4 is for birth. So I’m wondering what…
More bird omens and good coffee
This morning, when I was taking our roommate into work, I nearly ran into 4 huge crows in the middle of the road who were fighting over some poor dead critter. I’ve always been a huge fan of the crow rhyme (have I listed it here?), and 4 is for birth. So I’m wondering what…
Krampusnacht in Austria
Krampusnacht in Austria LOVE the pics in this piece. I have got to make it to Austria some November.
A year and a day
Reblogged from PaganVine.wordpress.com, which is where I put my REALLY woogie pagan stuff. :0) A year and a day.
I used to do this sort of thing..
I love writing. I feel really comfortable writing. But I was SO good with visual art too. I actually participated in several collaborative art projects, and even had a piece displayed in an exhibition. It was called ‘Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate’, and all the participants were sent an old-timey punch card, which we…
Another naNOwrimo.
I tried. I really did. I got to 17,451 words. But I haven’t written in the past 7 days, and I just don’t see myself making it, even though I logically know I could just bust my ass and finish it. There are a few reasons (excuses). One, sitting in bed for long hours is…
All Soul’s Night
I didn’t do a lot for Samhain. I mostly had a headache and tried to sleep to prepare for NaNoWriMo. So here. Have a song from Loreena Mckennitt. You’re welcome. 🙂 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6LbxBFtT9k
NaNoWriMo word count
I’ve done NaNo for 3 years now. The first year, my grandmother passed. Last year, my ex passed. I lost my momentum both times. However, I DID win in 2011, and I’m thinking it’s another odd year, and time to win again. This is my word count.
Our poly is not like your poly
I’ve hinted at some of our dating activities in this blog before. Anyone who knows us well knows that Bear and I love each other like crazy. Anyone who knows us REALLY well knows that some of that love spills over onto other people on occasion. Polyamory, for those who haven’t heard the term, is…
Drawing mandalas
This is what I’m slightly obsessed with right now. 🙂
Moth symbolism
So, something you may not know about the Bear. He’s 6’6″, 300+ lbs, sports a mean-looking mohawk, and generally looks bad ass. However, he hates, hates HATES moths. He runs from our porch steps to the door as quickly as possible, because their fluttery hijinx freak him out. As his loving, doting wife, I obviously…
Liam’s playlist
Liam is a minor character in my books so far, though I intend for him to have a larger role at some time in the future. I find myself fascinated with him lately, possibly because his patron deity is Cernunnos, and I’m feeling very drawn to Cernunnos right now too. (Maybe because it’s nearing Autumn,…
Finished Altar of Change- what’s next?
So I finally finished my novel about 2 weeks ago. I kept having to psych myself up to write a really tough scene, but when I sat down to write it, it wasn’t that difficult after all. And I had planned to get to 125K words, but when I finished the tough scene, I realized…
Spiritual purification bath
Several drops of purification oil A tablespoon of sage (crumbled) A few tablespoons of pink himalayan salt Ravi Shankar Sage and cedar incense
Write your story in six words
Need to let go and live.
Places to go
… Because sometimes I’m obsessive about making lists. San Francisco -> Vancouver (rent a car and drive North, stopping at all the pretty forests and tree landmarks) Scotland -> England -> Wales (rent a car and visit standing stones, ruins, and cemeteries, staying in small B&Bs) Acadia National Park Yellowstone Yosemite Canadian Rockies (by train)…