At long last, after my roomie Mike's patient labor (of making a flat spot on the side of a hill and then tamping it down with a special device) I can move forward to complete the Fire Circle I have wanted for so long ( Read more... )

I'm so far behind in my own journal here, it's hard to imagine catching up ( Read more... )

I was surprised when late last week, my friend and tribal member "Sleep" made a spiritual request of me: Would I do a journey to find his personal totem ( Read more... )

In the last 3 weeks since Amara returned after disappearing for 3 weeks, things seem to have gone back to normal with my pagan student. Which is a relief! She took care of "finishing" the eclipse spell that went awry because she neglected it and accidentally cursed herself (and her roommate!) and she picked up her belongings that got left with ( Read more... )

I'm not very active on social media at all-- I treasure my personal time too much! But I do maintain some contacts from my past and present using Facebook which I check maybe 3 or 4 times a week on average now. I'm friends with several former Circle members from back when I was the Priestess of a Neopagan/Wiccan circle in the late '90s to late '00s ( Read more... )

This week I went to the longest running witchcraft store in my area of the peninsula to put up a flyer for new women to join my pagan group. Now that Amara is well into her first year as a Sun Sister, it'll be easier to train more people. I hope to train Amara to take over the Questors and Initiates within another year or so, actually. I have to be ( Read more... )

Last week I was just resting and digesting the Lunasa weekend, thinking things over, AND dealing with a couple of horrible migraine days as well. The biggest ritual Amara and I did was to help us focus on our careers, and it seems to have helped, since I worked on aspects of my books that I haven't touched in months to years at this point ( Read more... )

I awoke to the very clear sunny morning relieved that they had curtains thick enough to almost qualify as blackout curtains, because WOW! is that mountain sunshine bright! I was feeling pretty good, all told, and looking forward to a busy and spiritual day ( Read more... )

Today I was reeling from another migraine, and I took some cannabis (5 mg THC, small dose) to treat it. (Cannabis is very effective at combating the pain and nausea of migraine and cluster headaches, so I'm extremely grateful it's legal in our state ( Read more... )

Friday, Reese and Sleep came over to spend a single night after dropping off a U-haul truckload of plants from Rhonda's house that she just sold. They were clearly just wiped out, having been helping Rhonda pack up and move for the last 2+ weeks. I made a beef stew for dinner that was really good (if I do say so myself) and Saturday, we all ate an ( Read more... )