January is half way over already! I'm in the process of reviewing all the many email accounts and blogs that I manage, and I'm going to minimize my stress by reducing the number of things that I'm trying to track. Since my other blog at kiyowaraDOTtypepadDOTcom is much easier for me to load pictures to and access from my iphone, I'll be doing ( Read more... )

The new secular year is upon us. The holiday celebrations were lovely, but I feel glad to be back in the regular routines again. It's not quite back to what passes for normal at my house just yet as we will have houseguests until Sunday, but the visiting is lovely even if I am struggling to maintain my Practice space and get my regular work done ( Read more... )

I feel content, for the most part, about how Yule went. I am preparing for New Year's. It's a little weird since my personal new year's was Samhain, so I'm a little confused about this whole secular New Year this year. Nonetheless, T commented with a rye grin that New Year's Eve is a Full Moon this year...AND we're in the middle of Mercury in ( Read more... )

So, having switched project tracking mechanisms three times this year, lost track of two of them, and having the third fail in a corrupted file kind of way, I give up. This year I won't know exactly how many projects I've completed, how far behind I am, or any of the rest of it. I'll start fresh with a new system as of January 1 ( Read more... )

This has certainly been an interesting year, really fabulous in places and really difficult in others, often having those two states overlap. I'm not sure what I'm looking for in the year to come. I have said in the past that I wish things would either slow down or be boring for a while, but I know now that neither of those things are actually ( Read more... )

In grace we rest
when we bow our heads
and seek solace
from an inner source

We grow our best
when we lift our heads
and allow our light
to outward course

I finished up yet another round of divorce paperwork; hopefully, this is the last round.  It's very frustrating that he and I are in complete agreement, we just can't seem to get the right paperwork to the court. *sigh*

I am increasingly convinced that there is a real difference between Honesty and Truth, and that the latter is a personal matter defined individually.  Honesty, doused firmly in Honor, is healing and healthy.  Truth can easily be a bludgeon from one person to another.  When I dance the Pentacle of Autonomy, Truth is symbolized my upraised hand with ( Read more... )

Sometimes growth is frustrating.  I am in a period of rapid and deep growth, and I find myself having a very hard time having compassion for myself.  I wonder sometimes how I can teach when I seem to have to so little patience, especially with myself ( Read more... )

Last week was hard, especially since the week before had been so really fantastic.  I felt so good that week; this last week I went into the Pit of Despair.  Resistance was high, and I gave into it.  Still, good things did happen.

The Shop turned 3!  It was a fantastic party and I am ever so grateful to all you wonderful people who make this ( Read more... )