Before I left for my vacation from hell, Renee and I were talking and she asks me if I think Hermes has been trying to get my attention. Apparently she had had that thought in her head for a while and thought she should say something to me about it.

Usually I'm pretty good at feeling Hermes' occasional kicks to the brain, but this time there was ( Read more... )

It was a really crappy night in a lot of ways, and the more it dragged on and I allowed myself to really think certain things through, the crappier it got. I was thoroughly irritated by the end of the night, with a couple of things. I'm not sure if its just another example of me being overly sensitive about stuff because I'm so used to being ( Read more... )

I may not have given the ritual much credit going in. Turned out, much to my surprise, that I was able to plug into it much more than I thought I would ( Read more... )

Well, its not too, too terrible out right now. Which is a good thing, since Cedarlight Grove is celebrating the Spring Equinox today and I had kind of worried about having to stand outside in the cold for yet another ritual I couldn't plug myself into. Praying to the nature spirits to strengthen the growth of the trees, or something like that (I ( Read more... )

Well, my voice was much better by yesterday morning, not in tip top shape but enough so that I could talk a reasonable amount without sounding like I just crawled forth from the grave or dissolving into coughing fits because my voice was scratching at the back of my throat too much ( Read more... )

We had Imbolc at the grove tonight. I plan to actually write something more extensive and post it for part of my DP requirement, but I'm tired right now so I brief summary will have to suffice ( Read more... )

I've attempted a few times to write my essay on hospitality, it never gets very far before I have to tear it up and start over again. I have some problem with this virtue, and I just haven't been able to put my finger on exactly what it is.

Part of it, I know, is the way so many people seem to tie hospitatlity together with formality, and I ( Read more... )

Spent a very long time at the Grove today, Imbolc planning. I have to say I feel so completely and utterly disconnected from this holiday; in general I feel disconnected from NeoPagan holidays, but this one more than some of the others (well, except maybe for Beltaine, but for many of the same reasons). Its a Celtic holiday and I have no spiritual ( Read more... )

The weekend was pretty good, I slept like shit but then again I expected that and it wasn't even quite as bad as I thought it would be ( Read more... )

So at the Grove today I found myself in the interesting position of trying to explain what Reconstructionism was. We were discussing upcoming Yule plans (which I may or may not be able to attend, depends on what my holiday plans are, whether I'm traveling home for Christmas or not) and we had an explanation of a Sumbel (sp?) rite taken from the ( Read more... )