My dears, it is time to move on. Thus, I've moved to a more hospitable blogging atmosphere. You can now find me and all of my ramblings at http://eirsinitiate.wordpress.com. It's prettier there, with more room to grow. I've already unfurled a few new leaves in my new grove.

Thanks to those who listened.

Blessings be upon you.

Went shopping last night with a friend, and we stopped by Barnes & Noble for about an hour and since she "knows* about my religion, we each bought tarot cards. They were super on sale ($5!) and even came with a little instruction booklet and a pad with laying out guidelines on it. Very cool. However, in reading about the major arcana last night, I realized that there are a lot of Christian elements to tarot. And even more Greek and Egyptian. On the one hand, it really made me want to study the runes, but on the other, it's nice to have pictures chock full of symbolism to help with interpretation. I haven't gotten to the minor arcana yet in the book, but some day I'll memorize them all. My friend and I might go to a coffee house and practice with them or something. Or play a "memory" game like it suggests in the book.

Oh, I also bought "Culpepper's Color Herbal," which was also super on sale, as well as being beautiful, but in reading it this morning, I realized that it was very difficult to tell the difference between Culpepper's original words and the modern additions the editors made. Oh well, at least it has all sorts of lovely color plates of all kinds of different herbs! Now I've got a reference for any sort of medieval fiction writing that I want to do. *grin*

Spindle 'n' Broom seems to be back in the swing of things. Everyone has been posting their "introductions." I went back and looked at mine and found it quite revealing. I might re-post if I have time.

Anyway, back to work I suppose...

Currently Watching The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe see related

Whew! Long time no update! Well, I guess it's been kind of quiet on the religious front, but not for long, I can assure you.

Taking a religion class for my graduating requirements. Should be interesting, especially since Starhawk is on the reading list and I finally told a prof that I'm Pagan. She was super understanding about it.

Submitted an essay to Witchvox. We'll see if it goes up any time soon. Also posted a photo of me, as I'm deciding that being in the broom closet pretty much sucks. A lot. Doesn't mean I'm leaving the broom closet (or cloak room or armoury or however you want to phrase it), it just means that I'm cracking the door a bit.

Spindle 'n' Broom has been quiet for a while. I think everyone is in hibernation. Hopefully things will pick up soon as everyone shakes the sleep from their eyes. I like conversation.

PS. Narnia = excellent, but I could definitely see some Christian themes in it. Oh Lewis, why must you use fiction as metaphor? Can't it just be a rolicking good tale? Like Tolkien? Ah well, I'll survive.

Time to go back to work.

Currently Listening Jungfruburen By Tva Fisk Och en Flask see related

Hmm, Yule seemed all too short this year. Perhaps it's because I've been working incessantly and my family didn't go anywhere this year.

I've noticed (quite sadly), that only IanMacCoilin and myself are left on "Skalds of the North." If you're reading this, and you've room, please consider joining, won't you? I do hate feeling bereft.

Enough of the shameless self-promotion. I've been reading the Viking Answer Lady's newly-updated site, and subsequently have been contemplating making my oft-ignored website on Geocities about my own personal brand of Norse Paganism, since the topic seems to be lacking input (oh why am I always attracted to researching thin fields?), but the webpage format is killing me! If only I had the money to invest in something better and more maneuverable. Gah! Sometimes I really hate being in the closet.

On the upside, I may or may not have found some lovely Pagan boys online. We'll see.

Listening to Jungfruburen. They always make me want to dance... *laughs* And now I can understand bits of what they're saying! Ahh Norwegian... how I love thee...

I've writer's block. Think I might restart a lost tale about a Viking girl that went into the great void when our last computer crashed. We'll see.

*sigh* It grows late, and I've work on the morrow. So, I bid thee, godnatt, alle. 

Happy Solstice! How ironic that on the shortest day of the year, I spent more than my share of it at work. Alas, the "christmas" season is not gentle on florists and so the days are "longer" than they truly are!

On the bright side, I got all of my present shopping done... for now. The roommates come after we get back to school. *smile* So much easier that way.

I may have a very good idea for my "best-selling novel" that I was voted most likely to write, but I simply haven't the time to write it! Ah well, I'll live.

At any rate, just wanted to wish the whole earth a blessed Solstice and to revel in the return of the Light!