The title of this post kind of says it all, what my weekend was about. We wrapped ribbons round the May Tree, and wrapped the film shoot. It was all quite beautiful, and I'm tired.

There was a fine crowd of friends and some new folks I'd never met before, which was fun. The weather was mercifully mild in the daytime, which turned into downright ( Read more... )

Had a kickass Beltaine planning session yesterday. Feeling good about the ritual this year. It feels simple but potent and has a new element we haven't introduced in our ritual work before, but have been contemplating incorporating into the rituals for years. Something old, something new. Fire! Life force! Lust! Creativity ( Read more... )

I was on my way to visit Cora today. She’s fading fast, they’ve been saying. It’s been over a month since I visited and it was time anyway. I better get over there, I thought. While there’s still time.

There is no time. I am out of time. I will not see her in the body again.

There is no time. She is out of time: she has passed beyond the veil of ( Read more... )

In lieu of a proper post about the gorgeous, lustrous beauty that was my Beltaine (since I am currently running too ragged to have time to write), here is a photo taken in the Henge just before start of ritual on Saturday.

I give you the Beltaine Stone, decorated with fresh flowers from 
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I just got ahold of a bunch of pictures from Beltaine of 05. Here are a few thumbnails, the rest will be posted on www.thestonecity.org shortly.


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The Beltaine festival was busy and lively and good. We had a lot more help with everything this time, and that made a big difference in reducing my stress level compared to previous events.
I loved seeing the May Tree all decorated. It felt so wonderful to see it alive and green and draped in color. It confirmed all the instincts I had had about ( Read more... )