Category Archives: Life as a Witch

Pretty Little Box

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I received a wood burning tool for my birthday and a bunch of watercolor tools and paraphenalia.  The Witch of Forest Grove had a lot to do with inspiration. I have some practicing to do, some finer tips to buy but we shall see how this progresses.  What I really love is that I can start and complete a piece in far less time than with needlework.  OMG.  Needlework is so time consuming.  Not that I don’t love it, I do.  It’s my passion.  But I love other things too and have been desiring to get back to painting and learning some other things.

So.

Ta da!  I call this As Above So Below. And there will be more…

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Cleansing

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Yesterday I went with my dear friend Ruth to the OLOTEAS gathering.  OLOTEAS (Our Lady Of The Earth And Sky) gatherings are always on the 4th Saturday of the month.  Since they do not own the property but rent/share with others that is the calendar.  So, it’s a bit off on the sabbats but we celebrated Litha none the less.

Dark Matters was heading up the workshop and the ritual. We did a lovely maze walk while charging gold/silver stones with our intention.  And then we were to begin our stories.

And I couldn’t stop thinking of this separation with my brother.  I hate it.  But I know I must do this for myself.  I can no longer have people in my life who do not respect me.  Love alone simply isn’t enough.  You can’t love me AND treat me as though I’m a bug.   This is very painful.  With every story beginning there is a story ending.  So I mourned this loss, which I hope is temporary but know it might be long, as I get ready for the birthday revels to begin.

After the ritual and crying Ruth and I jumped into the warm pool. Well, okay, we both have bad knees, we gingerly walked down the steps.  It was a soothing balm. Washed away the tears and drove home under a gorgeous golden sickle of a moon.

Gracious Lady and Lord, bring love and peace and healing to those I love.  Bring abundance in all it’s joyous ways and happy means.  Bring joy and freedom and wings to me as I move into this new phase of my life.  Bring my lover to me.  Bring that job that is waiting for me to fill it’s needs.

So Mote It Be.

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The Beauty and Wonder of Friends

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And chosen family.

My birthday is coming up soon as I’ve made sure you know.  But someone knew about this that I hadn’t directly told.

On Wednesday we had our coven’s Litha rites.  Just before circle my High Priest, who the more I know, the more I just adore, took me aside and put something in my hand.

He said, “I almost never give gold as a present, but I want this to remind you of your true value.  I don’t think you know this much of the time. Happy Birthday.”  Something very close to that.  I wish I had a built in recorder but I don’t.

Verklempt I tell you.

I hope that I always stay right sized enough that wonderful things like this will always bring me to tears. And I hope that I will remember that, my true value.

Because I tell you, on days like this week has been full of, it’s sometimes really hard to remember. My parents have been very supportive lately even with all the drama and I’m grateful for that too.  I’m adopted and have always considered my parents my chosen family.  It is the family we choose that makes it all worthwhile, coven or otherwise.

So Wednesday was a very good, VERY GOOD, day.

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Broken Wings

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“His heart was growing full of broken wings and artificial flowers,” wrote poet Federico Garcia Lorca. “In his mouth, just one small word was left.” There were times during the first half of June when I was tempted to borrow those words to describe you, Cancerian. Now, thankfully, you’re moving into a much brighter phase. The buds that are about to bloom in your heart are very much alive, not artificial, and your wings, while not fully restored to strength, are healing. Meanwhile, your mouth is even now being replenished with a fresh supply of many vivid words.

This made me cry. Nothing I could have written could have expressed so succinctly and yet so touchingly exactly how I’ve been feeling.  OMG.  Please Gracious Goddess and Great God, so mote it be.

Wheel of the Year update

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I figured that I should document something other than the fact that I’m not working.  I’ve been working on the Wheel of the Year project again.  With most large projects I work on, I tend to get to a certain point of okayness, get overwhelmed with some aspet I didn’t think out as far as I could have, get bored, want to work on something else for awhile. Whatever the reason I set aside large projects for significant amounts of time. I haven’t worked on these panels in quite some time.   It appears to be March 2008.  Whoa.  I might have picked them up here and there but not for much.  But I keep them close and when I was moving into my folks home I thought it would a great portable project.

And I’m back in it and having a really great time.  At the time I started I told myself I would get all the basics stitched in and if I didn’t want to work on it more I would call it good and finish it up.  I’ve decided that I want this to be taken to the nth degree.  I’m going to put a lot more into these panels.  More than I show here even. I want this thing embellished as much as possible and have accepted that this might take me a very long time.   The backgrounds are going to be filled in more.  I can hardly wait to see how this all works out.

I’ve made some small and large changes to several of the panels.  I will show how the panels looked in March 08 and how they look today. Clickie make biggie…

Yule – added snow and snowflakes (crystals), the white made a huge difference, not sure if it shows in the photo but things really pop now.

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