Cat crisis
Sorry, no update today, due to a cat crisis. Mr. Bitsy will probably be okay, so please check back tomorrow. Hopefully, it will be a better day for all concerned. Thanks.
Serendipity
Playing with the Meme!
My friend Pandora has tagged me with a meme, and here’s how it works: 1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).2. Open the book to page 123.3. Find the fifth sentence.4. Post the next three sentences.5. Tag five people. The book lying right next to my keyboard was RJ Stewart’s extraordinary … Read more
Mercury retrograde!
Today is the beginning of Mercury retrograde! That’s right – it’s that topsy-turvy time again, when communications, commerce, travel, and technology (to name a few of the things ruled by Mercury) may become snarled or delayed. Mercury retrograde is when the planet Mercury appears to go backwards in its usual orbit (from Earth’s perspective). This … Read more
Offerings to the Graces
Give me a look, give me a face, that makes simplicity a grace; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free — Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. — from Epicæne; Or, the Silent Woman by Benjamin Johnson Known as the Gratiae by … Read more
Welcome aboard!
Sacred Journey © Susan Hickman Let mystery have its place in you; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self-examination, but leave a little fallow corner in your heart, ready for any seed the winds may bring. — Henri Frederic Amiel Over the coming year, we are certain to … Read more
Happy New Year!
Take out, then take in Bad luck will begin. Take in, then take out Good luck comes about. As the most wonderful Priestess of Time , Waverly FitzGerald tells us, “Everything you do on this day has magical implications for the coming year. So don’t take anything out (not even the trash), and don’t lend … Read more
Happy Birthday, Capricorn!
If you are a Capricorn, you belong, not to the sign of the goat, but to the sign of the sea-goat; a mythical creature that represents “the doorway to another world.” Although the myth about Capricorn people is that they are far too sensible and down to earth (translation: dull) to be interested in much … Read more
Minding Your Own Beeswax
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. — Gautama Buddha Candles have been used for magic and spirituality by every civilization in history. But as I’ve been discussing, giving some care as to how those candles … Read more
Candle Power
Light One Candle – © Larkin Van Horn Brother stand the pain; Escape the poison of your impulses. The sky will bow to your beauty, if you do. Learn to light the candle. Rise with the sun. — Rumi To many traditions and spiritual paths, Fire is a Guardian, protector and a living being. It … Read more