New Design for New Year
I’ve been thinking about it for a while, but today I finally sat down and redesigned the web site. I also upgraded to the most recent WordPress while I was at it. I wanted something really clean with three columns to integrate more social media aspects and this really cool book recommendation widget. I still [...]
Temple Room
We will have to take it all down in a couple of months to remove the wall paper and paint, but it feels really good to have the altars set up again. All hail the gods!
Wishcasting Wednesday: Holiday Season
Jaime over at Jamie Ridler Studios asks: What do you wish for this holiday season? I have two wishes that may seem contradictory. I wish for some peace and quiet, time at home, time to nest, time to sleep in and dream. I also wish for my home to be a place of community [...]
Winter Solstice Blessings
This is my meditation today on the Winter Solstice. In the sunlight and the shadows of leafless, winter trees, I walk alone and silent. Hush, child, and listen to the quiet expectantly. Yes, there it is — so still most miss it — the heartbeat between the waning and the waxing. Just a moment, quick [...]
Mother Nature says SLOW DOWN!
Well, I had plans today. The cats had a vet appointment. I was scheduled to donate blood, then run over to Jo-ann Fabrics to pick up some material for a project. And we had dinner guests scheduled to arrive around 6:00pm from DC. Tomorrow, I was going to Becoming‘s Dark of Winter ritual. None of [...]
Announcing “Soulful Intentions” Event
Start the new year with a play date with your artist soul! SOULFUL INTENTIONS Saturday, January 2, 2010 In the dark of winter we look within. We feel the first stirrings of the future within our souls. Often we have no clear idea what our soul desires. How do we listen and communicate with that [...]
Living one night
Living one night as if in a Peter Greenaway film– Verdant, succulent, wholely inappropriate, wild, untamed, unrestrained, gold, glittering, moistly dripping, rash, foolish, mad… Dionysos, make me no promises we both know you won’t keep. Just sweep me into your arms, Into your manic joy, and Spin me around like the dizzying, dancing, divinely laughing [...]
Pilgrimage
I carry in my mind a picture postcard of the day you left, Sepia-toned, faded, and worn around the edges, Where my eternally seven-year-old chubby fingers stroke, In devotion– A pilgrim to an ancient shrine where, Saints cry blood and the wicked Are forgetful–missing and ever present. Truth, lie, or heretical imagining, This is my [...]
Invocation to Kali
Kali is destroying old boundaries by Alicepopkorn / CC BY 2.0 Invocation to Kali Penetrate me, Kali Move through my every pore Consume me in thy fire Until I am no more. Melt down my skins of iron That shield me from my wounds Break my bones of falsehoods That would support me to my [...]
Preparing for Company
We had our first party here at the new house yesterday — a bit of a “thank you” for those folks who helped out with the Samhain ritual and their families. Having the house filled with my family of choice with their kids bought the house to life the way I imagined it when we [...]
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