SAVE THE DATE – NEW PENTACLE UNVEILED!

November 4-6, 2016, near Pittsburgh, PA, Bone & Briar are unveiling a new pentacle!

The Pentacle of Charisma: Invoking the Black Heart of Innocence in Community Leadership

How do we dance between Authenticity and Responsibility?

Charisma: what a loaded word! Come work a new pentacle with us, and explore this concept as it relates to leadership and community. Stay tuned for details!

Gratitude Project – exterminators

I get that we humans plant ourselves and housing in the middle of nature and sometimes nature invades our land and house in dangerous ways. Many bugs are allowed to live amongst us, but some Got To Go.

So, 3 weeks ago the yellow jackets were sprayed. A couple of weeks before ants invaded our home. Bait traps had mediocre success. I denied they were carpenter ants until the winged one arrived. *Google fu* Aiiyeeee, those suckers have distinctive anatomy.

Bug guy came back. Ant carcasses strew the floor. We’re supposed to leave them until they pile up, likely tomorrow. So over bugs this summer. Grateful for workers who rid them.

Gratitude Project – holy smokes catch up!!

It has been a failed effort keeping up thus far this year. I have noted things to be thankful for each day in my head, but not on pixels and paper. Now it is a struggle to remember which day was what, but here is my best effort.

August:

9: For a coven that understands that magic breathes and thrives in the everyday tasks.

10: For folks brave enough to ask for what they need, even if they don’t get it.

11: For vibrant young people who welcome me into their lives.

12: For beloveds who let me bounce my weirdest thoughts off of them.

13: For meeting a new person! For a mushroom house! 2016-08-15 11.34.51

14: For the soft laughter of understanding that bubbles up between me my husband.

15 – today: For the option of sitting or doing, no pressure in either direction.