Have backed it the hell up. Going to attempt to update Flash in Firefox, as I *think* that's part of the problem. Meanwhile, I've been meaning to write & post this for some time.

Comment to this post, and I'll give you seven topics to talk about, which you then post your LJ/DW, and so the meme spreads.

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( Bit of navel-gazing within. )

So, bluedolfyn just reminded me that I never posted a follow-up on how that ritual went. Thus, here it is. Nutshell version: nervous firefly was nervous, but it all went pretty well anyway.

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Depending on how you count it, either today, tomorrow, or Monday is Kwan Yin's birthday, the first of Her three big feast days in the year. As I mentioned awhile back, one of my "assignments" this year is to lead a small ritual for Her at the Spring Festival, which we're actually doing next Sunday due to scheduling issues.

( Lengthy stuff about designing ritual, cultural contexts, and that sort of thing. )

I've been seriously resisting any and all suggestions that I ought to be pursuing clergy work as a thing. I mean, technically, I'm a minister of the Universal Life Church, which has so far led to presiding over one very nonstandard baptism in the past 12 years or whatever it's been, but that's about it. ( Cut for lengthy babble. )

Friday was a beach day with bluedolfyn (miss you already!) and a couple of other friends. It was rainy, and the water was f&%#ing freezing a little cold, but that totally didn't matter, as we had a blast.

Yesterday was nothing particularly interesting. Today, on the other hand, was the celebration of Kwan Yin's Enlightenment at Chuang Yen Monastery. I ( Read more... )

I don't know if I'd mentioned it, but I'm starting the Hellenismos 101 course offered through HTAZP. Yes, I've been worshiping Apollon for about a decade or so and Pan only slightly less time. But doing group worship more regularly has highlighted some gaps in my knowledge and background that wouldn't so much turn up doing things solo. Also, I'm ( Read more... )

Very much what I needed.

( Thoughts about Saturday's Day of Mindfulness )

It seems I've become pretty Hellenized lately, so it was refreshing to focus a bit on one of my Patroness' festivals today, even if it wasn't as big a production as a group celebration would have been. Though I did manage to make tentative plans with a friend to go to a Zen Day of Meditation in April. Not Kwan-Yin-oriented per se, but the sort ( Read more... )

While I was waiting for a client to finish up with an appointment, someone else sat next to me in the waiting room and struck up conversation. First she commented on my seasonal top (black with autumn leaves) and then asked "which image is that on your scapular?" I explained that it was Kwan Yin, and at her questioning look, I added, "the Chinese ( Read more... )