Happy Lammas everyone.....may you all be blessed with abundance and love.

is going on close to 2yrs of being ripped up. GAH!  I know, it's awful but we do have one upstairs and when you're doing a project yourself to keep costs down, this is the sacrifice.  But today I decided to throw myself at the pit and get this energy out!  I have half the wall tiled :-)  yay..

And tomorrow morning my youngest is having his wisdom teeth pulled.  The nice thing is they sedate him, no pain, then send him home with plenty of Vicadin.  When I was a kid I had no sedation, just numbing of the mouth. I love progress.  I'm going to stop and grab a latte and have my coffee and some knitting with me while I wait.  I've been working on a scarf for myself,  when I find pockets of time and a dr. waiting room is prime knitting time. 

This growing season has left me wondering just how serious our food supply is here in the USA...another time-another blog but my harvest celebration may be extended into the next few weeks.  But I am celebrating the full moon and harvest with my witches and will be igniting the hell out of a few things.   As Lisa has already put out there....let's ignite together. There is power and energy in numbers.

xoxo

I have been feeling shortness of breath lately and tonight for extra fun decided a full blown panic attack was due.  I digress......I was worried about my shortness of breath but I think it's anxiety.  I don't have any other symptoms, it just feels like I can't find my breath.   Tonight was dreadful.  I took a Xanax and that has brought it down a notch to where I feel slightly better.  Earlier today I slapped my Jasper around my neck and thought I was going to be ok but I can't expect not to have to put anything into it....ie-yoga, meditation, simple breathing.  None of which I've done for awhile and am I ever feeling it.    I was also reading where anemia can cause shortness of breath.  My supplements have sat in the basket instead of in my body.  It's no wonder  my awareness was down last week,  I cannot continue to expect so much from myself when I'm not giving myself anything to draw on.  No reserves, they're empty.   Ok, so just writing this out and seeing the words has brought me some reality.  I see it, I get it...I'm calling the Dr. in the morning for a physical.  I'm overdue by a year since last year my guy was between jobs and no insurance.   That was a minor blip and we're past it so there is no excuse, right? 

I'm going to look for some chamomille tea but I think I'm out.  I may have to throw some Advil on top of the Xanax to get to sleep but that's ok, it will help and I"m thankful I have the Advil.  But this is a sure sign that I need to up my protection from vampires and the like.   And learn to lay the crap down at the bend in the road for the Universe to pull down and absorb.  I don't have to go it alone.  Repeat that Kathy....I don't have to go it alone.  I think Amber was right on the mark when she said because of our xtian upbringings we  are so hard on ourselves, expecting perfection and to carry the loads ourselves, or something to that affect.  Amber, if you're reading this, thank you for reminding me of that.  And to all of you, I love you and hold you close to me.

big loves......

taken from "Craft of the Wild Witch" by Poppy Palin  that sweet Amber lovingly sent to me...

"the enchantment to be found in the everyday, a wild-witch would consider making a healing soup for an old friend as much of a magical act as casting a more formal spell for the same purpose.  This is done by imagining the friend's illness washed away as the vegetables are cleaned, the diseases being eradicated as they are chopped, and health and happiness being restored while chanting a prayer and rhythmically stirring the soup.  All these acts become part of a wholesome sympathetic magic. For those who walk the way of wild enchantment, veils of separation begin to lift and everything becomes alive with possibility."

I live too far to physically bring you each some of my soup but I will still think of you and chant for you while making it.

loves...