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…
Exploring
Bear is doing a performance with the Atlanta Radio Theater Company tonight, and while they were rehearsing, I walked around and explored the area. …. I also saw 4 crows together again, and several hawks. 🙂
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…
Glogg recipe
This is something I’ve made for years and years. Be careful drinking it! It will hit you like a sledgehammer. A delicious, Swedish, Yuletide sledgehammer. Glogg Heat one bottle dry red wine with one sliced orange, 3/4 cups raisins, 1/2 cup blanched almonds, 6 cardamom pods, 5 cloves, and a cinnamon stick. (spices should be…
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.
Writing Rituals and NaNoWriMo update
NaNoWriMo is going pretty well so far. As of right now, I’m about 3500 words behind on my goal word count for today, but that can be easily made up. Also, I’m going to use this blog post as part of my word count. That may not be strictly legal, but I’m writing and being…
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
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…
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
Wicca/Paganism 201
The world is flooded with Wicca 101, whether that’s in books, videos, websites, or even movies. That’s one of the main reasons why I get bored with my faith and lose interest for long stretches of time, because I keep seeing the same information over and over and over again, just regurgitated and repackaged. That’s…
Relationship spread, 4/16/13
Preface: Bear and I have been seeing someone since roughly December. She’s very limited as far as the time she can spend with us, but we usually manage to see each other once/week. I’ve been fine with that. I know that a relationship isn’t measured in time, but in emotions. Bear and I had a…
Ways to be nicer to myself
Lately I’ve been feeling some pain. I’m not sure exactly what it is, and I don’t have insurance so finding out will be tough. I need to get to one of the community clinics here near home, but there are so many hoops to jump through, that the idea just stresses me out. And I…
Woodpecker
Yesterday we had breakfast with some friends that Bear had made through his voice-acting volunteer work. They were lovely. We shot the shit about random things, and just generally had a great time. They were very welcoming and fun to hang out with. After we had enjoyed our breakfast, (bacon and pancakes- ALWAYS a winning…
Tarot spread 3/22/13
I’ve been at a major crossroads lately. Our finances are just completely out of control (NOT in a good way), and so I asked for a general reading as far as what was coming up this year, and with our finances specifically. First Impressions: there are a LOT of Earth/Disc cards in this spread. So…
Imbolc, Pando, and the Korean sauna
I haven’t been very active here or anywhere else lately. You see, January is very tough for me. In addition to the usual seasonal depression that I think we all feel around this time of year, I have a lot of birthday issues/family issues/bad memories from Januaries past that pretty much put me in a…
Yule Lads, Julbock, and Liquer recipes
So, a few weeks ago, I decided that we were going to have a damn good Yule, dammit. And so far, it’s been pretty good. I decided to make gifts, which has consisted of making liquers and baking goodies. I also made my mom and sister some scrying incense and scrying candles. THE LIQUERS I…
Introduction to Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of old, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighboring…
Yule and mistletoe
So, yeah. We’re making a go of this incense thing. I’ve been making incense for the sabbats anyways, and one of my favorite parts is gathering the ingredients. For Samhain, we gathered fresh cypress needles from a cemetery. They were LOVELY. They really made the incense pop. For Yule, we began scanning the landscape for…
Ravenson Reagents- Handcrafted incense
Hi guys! Just wanted to let you know that I’ll be doing a lot of work on my other blog, RavensonReagents.wordpress.com. Bear and I are going to be making handcrafted incense, eventually for sale. We’re beginning with the great kyphi experiment of 2012/2013. (The ingredients are expensive, so it will take us a while to…
Tarot reading, polyamory, and strong boundaries
Sooo.. I had completely given up on finding our third. We weren’t even looking any more, even though that seems to be a natural state for us. It’s not that Bear and I aren’t enough for each other, it’s more that we have a lot of extra love, and the idea of bringing a third…
Samhain, Rememberance, Yule presents, and NaNoWriMo
Sorry I’ve been quiet. The death of my ex hit me pretty hard, and I haven’t done a lot of anything, including NaNoWriMo. I’m at roughly 1900 words, and it’s day 7. I need to decide to either catch up or give up. I’m not going to be hard on myself either way, I’m just…
That first love
There’s a person out there who will always have a piece of my heart. We weren’t meant to be together, and the love faded in time, as happens when that’s the case. But he has always been someone that is incredibly special to me. You see, we grew up together. We did stupid teenager stuff…
Samhain Altar
This is it! The only thing we have left to add is letters. I’m going to write a letter to my dad, and Bear and J might write letters to their loved ones as well. I’ll place them on the altar (behind everything), and then we’ll burn them on Samhain. The incense also turned out…
Characterization and multiple personality disorder
I had a revelation today that shouldn’t have been a revelation. All of my characters are really part of my own personality. I don’t know why that didn’t occur to me before. I mean, honestly.. Don’t ALL writers do that? Don’t we all take part of our consciousness and spill it out into a page…
Gathering ingredients for Samhain incense
My husband is lovely. Simply lovely. He truly is the best thing in my life. And when I asked him yesterday if he would like to go to the cemetery with me to gather some ingredients for incense, he didn’t hesitate. He was even a bit excited for another one of my cemetery adventures. He…
Gathering ingredients for Samhain incense
My husband is lovely. Simply lovely. He truly is the best thing in my life. And when I asked him yesterday if he would like to go to the cemetery with me to gather some ingredients for incense, he didn’t hesitate. He was even a bit excited for another one of my cemetery adventures. He…