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Nub Love

By admin | November 12, 2007

Life came to a screeching halt today for our beloved Frodo.  He woke up never knowing it was to be his DeathDay. His nub was wagging until the end.  Jeff was lying on the floor of the vet’s office beside him and he gave his daddy a big lick on the face for the last time.  And we both told him over and over what a good boy he was as he slipped into Summerland.

We made the vet appointment last week to get him started on some arthritis medicine.  He was limping for the better part of the summer and we thought he needed something stronger than the glucosamine I was giving him.  Then, last night, blindness came upon him out of the blue.  When it cleared this morning, I thought it was a very good sign.  But it came back a few hours later.  He was blind as we led him into the vet’s office - so glad we already had the appointment.  I was so sure once we got some medicine he would be all better.  But Jeff wasn’t as hopeful.  He had that Scorpio sixth sense going.  He was miserable and tense all the way there. He’d seen the mothman three times on Thursday while he was at work. Death playing hide and seek. 

The vet was a very strong self-assured woman.  She examined Frodo thoroughly.  His eyes could be fixed with drops. Not serious.  His back legs were arthritic - she said we can give him pain medicine. The she moved to his front leg and backed away. That doesn’t look good.  Let’s take an x-ray.  What followed next seemed to be happening to someone else.  Like watching a movie. 

Please follow me back to the x-ray room, there’s something you’d better see.  A huge growth of bone cancer.  No hope.  We can amputate the leg, but it has probably already spread to the chest. No hope.  Take a minute to think about it.  Let us know what you want to do.  Nubs wagging, eyes blind.

We held him as he passed to Summerland.  His blind eyes opening to fields of green.  With a stream and all the beautiful chalupas you could ever imagine.  And his big brother Boobalee and Sister Nana were there!  Its okay Daddy!  Its great here.  I love you and my nub is wagging faster than ever!

In Loving Memory of Frodo T-Rex, a Rottweiler of most excellent character.  Please play fetch with him, Goddess…….

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The Fire Dance

By admin | October 29, 2007

I sat in my bedroom window - alone - the house full of the excited voices of beloved friends filling the kitchen below me.  I sat in my bedroom window - alone - watching my daughter casting spells in the black night - the flames leaping high.  They danced before my eyes - an intimate dance full of flirtation and danger.  Sara and the fire. She spoke words of magic and the flames reached out to touch her.  The fire would have taken her - child of the air - licking the stripes on her trailing poncho, devouring her - as she recited ancient words of protection.  But I sat in my bedroom window - alone - and also fiercely chanted ancient words of protection- for her - my most beloved daughter.  Great Goddess  ~ Maiden, Mother & Crone ~ thank you for my Firstborn. Elfchild, Magick Woman and Goddess!  May her magick grow and her love abide.  Rock On!

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Ancient Lands on Fire Revisited

By admin | August 31, 2007

My heart is lighter.  I read in the news that 10,000 people, dressed in black and holding signs that said Protect Nature,  gathered in front of the government offices in Athens.  Rock on, Goddess.  Your voice was heard and answered.ÂÂ

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Ancient Lands on Fire

By admin | August 29, 2007

The holy lands of my Goddess Demeter are burning tonite.  They have been burning for days.  Her temples shrouded in acrid smoke.  Her curse is upon the land.  Laid upon the people of Greece should they ever forget Her and fail in Her worship.  She calls to them amidst the flame….  to remember Her.

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Magick in the Air

By admin | August 29, 2007

The last days have been full of nature’s magick.   In the dark, just before dawn yesterday morning, the full moon was slowly sinking behind Pavlick’s hill.  The trees were starkly silhouetted in front of the moons faint craters.  Slowly, the earth’s shadow descended carving its path across the moon’s face.  It was as if time stood still in breathless anticipation.  Magic in its exhalation. 

The sunset was no less spectacular.  A photograph of it would have surely won a prize.  The sun was crimson with clouds above and beneath.  Pale denim rays fanned out above the upper clouds while brilliant gold rimmed the lower ones.  I believe the sun was jealous of the moon’s glorious show and set out to prove it possessed just as much magic. I’m thankful to be witness to such beauty.

Today, in the early morning travelling on my way to work, the trees were alight with that precious green that always seems to me to be the work of fairies.  Its the golden emerald of the Atlantean healing chambers.  I can feel it penetrate my eyes and carry all the way through to my heart.  What joy there is to behold!

Blessed Be

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Another Secret

By admin | August 29, 2007

I just realized the other day that the most extraordinary thing is happening in my life.  It seems that whatever I meditate upon or pray for on behalf of another person - is coming true in my life.  Its happened at least four times already this summer - maybe more often than that.  Could this be an integral part to “The Secret”?  Our vision boards and lists of things we would like for ourselves will come to be so much faster if we can honestly and honorable pray for those same results for another.  Give and you shall receive.  I’m going to experiment more and see what happens.  I’ll let you know!

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Crickets in the Dark

By admin | August 26, 2007

Singing their hearts out.  Love it!

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Letting go and moving on……

By admin | August 26, 2007

A chapter in my life is closing.  I’m leaving the Mother phase of my life and entering the age of the Crone.  Its not so easy to let go - its been a turbulent crossing.  Somehow, during the Mother phase, I became a control freak.  Quite unlike the carefree hippie freak of my Maiden years.  I took on child-rearing, responsibility and self-sacrifice for the good of all. I became a cog in the Machine and I work for the government - my sixteen year old elf self would have been appalled!

So……   time to turn the wheel.  Time to loosen the grip and hand over the keys.  I don’t see it so much of a stepping down as a lifting off. I’m going to dream of my life in the glowing shades of Autumn, with the gypsy wind crisp with the scent of burning leaves, in my face.  And in the diamond sparkles sprinkled across the frozen ground.  I’m going to stop worrying so much about whether or not my kids can make it in the world.  I’ve given them my very best - I can do no more than that.  I declare my independence from them.  A rebellion!  And I don’t plan on leaving them an inheritance - if there’s anything left at the end and I have any say in it - I’ll leave it all to charity - or in a trust fund for Piggie!  Hah!   

I’m going to dance in the moonlight and pick ripe berries in the summer.  I’ll make jam and I’ll make love and I’ll count all the fishes in the stream. 

 The change is gonna do me good! And if you don’t like it….. BITE ME!

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Thank You, Sara!!!

By admin | August 10, 2007

A big thank you to HP Sara Hubert for setting up the Blog pages for me.  This rocks!

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Perfect Quote

By admin | August 10, 2007

I’ve been rereading Laurie Cabot’s book - The Power of the Witch.  Its part of our coven’s Level II requirements for the Mother Phase.  I am amazed anew at Laurie’s ability to summarize the ultimate concept of being a Witch.  I love her work - and I believe she is one of the best leaders of our Craft.  Here is the “perfect quote” I found.  pg. 177

“As Witches we believe that we are meant to know how everything works - earth, air, fire, water, stars, planets, spirits.  This knowledge is available to us.  Furthermore, we are responsible for knowing how everything in the universe works because we are responsible for the universe.  Our mission is ecological, we are here to balance energies, reconcile opposites, and right wrongs by mentally projecting that all things be corrected.  It is our responsibility - and yours - to promote health and life in all its forms.”

Blessed Be….  and Fire the Grid….  its not too late.  We Witches believe we can operate in the past, present and future.  Go for it!

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