The Beholder

According to physicist Paul Steinhardt, “Good science creates two challenging puzzles for each puzzle it resolves.” I propose that we expand that formula to make it apply to life in general: Good decision-making about anything at all creates two challenging puzzles for each puzzle it resolves. That should be your guiding meditation, Cancerian. You are currently at the height of your ability to wrestle long-standing dilemmas into more satisfying configurations. I expect that whenever you capitalize on this potential, you will conjure up fresh riddles that will energize you for weeks.

I mentioned the other day that I’ve been moving through this interesting place, experience, change in myself of late. I spoke about it at the Jeshua session duringt the Q&A.

I spoke of this feeling of detachment in my own life. That I feel very often that I’m watching and observing what is going on with no sense of attachment or emotion. Not to say that I never feel emotion these days, what are the odds of THAT? But it feels as though, unless there is already a strong emotional attachment to a situation such as SNIB or my family member’s relapse, that I am oddly no longer emotionally attached to my life and the events in it, or more accurately that it is waning away. I asked Jeshua if he could speak to me about that. He asked if what I wanted was a progress report. Yes, exactly. Continue reading

More on the Greenwood Tarot

There are 4 decks available in the world for sale ranging from $400 to over $1300. The book only is available for $150. Oi. Too rich for my blood. It appears that no one is interested in publishing the deck again. So what to do. I went to the illustrators website but her email bounces. What to do. I found a website, which I linked to yesterday. Between the website forum and illustrator’s site, I was able to get a copy of the handbook (without layouts) and the images in a largish size.

I’ve created a pdf of the handbook and am working on creating the same with the cards. The card pdf can be printed out in color on cardstock or glued to cardstock later. I’m determined to have this deck.

Gathering For Life and other stuff

Very excited. I spent some time this weekend checking out very thoroughly Skyclad Crafting. The link I had was really old and I finally found the new one thanks to someone’s blog… At any rate, I had thought that I would be going to Faerieworlds this August but I decided against it. It is a very long drive, it is a very hot event, and it is a bit chaotic. I can only take about a day and a half. It’s fun but it wasn’t calling to me this year.

But I found something that is practically shouting my name on her blog list of events. The minute my paycheck comes in I’m registering.

Gathering For Life

A four day pagan gathering, 150 maxiumum adults. A nice smallish event three hours away in BC Canada. In the trees, on a lake, food provided in the cost of registration. A camping event. Much more my speed. I will be registering as a merchant ($5) but it is a casual affair. Everyone is required to do 3 hours of volunteer work. I’m a little worried about because of my inability to stand. I can walk for quite some time but standing in place is a real beast, I get about 2 minutes before I can no longer do it. I’ll let them know that when I sign up for chores on the form.

There will be workshops, bonfires, rituals, and lazing around. Woohoo!

I look forward to a cheaper, quieter, slower, cooler, event. And meeting new people. Because right now? I know absolutely no one who is going and that is pretty great too.

I’m pretty darned stoked.

Skyclad’s work got me all fired up for things non-textile. I want to try wood carving again and wood burning. I see a big jump coming up. Jumping all over the place. I feel a huge change in my psyche, my art, my view coming up. And I’m really excited about it.