I am a voracious reader with eclectic tastes. Every now and then a writer comes along whose work gathers my attention so that I seek more and more of her work.

Vila Spiderhawk  [http://vilaspiderhawk.covenspace.com/] is one of those writers who captivates me. I read Hidden Passages: Tales To Honor The Crones  non-stop and found myself looking for more from Vila!

And now! Right now, there is m-o-r-e! I just got the book yesterday, and I am already halfway through Forest Song: Finding Home. This is Vila's second book, and it is an ambitious, courageous adventure into the psyche. Like most books, it is not without its flaws, but they are minor in the light of the overall magickal trip. It has passages that reach the heights in the lyric mastery that lets the spirit know that for those who are willing ~ there is always help and hope!

Christine                                                                                                             (aka Many Feathers)

I love fog and the special quality of the silence that comes with it. Was specially intrigued by this as I don't think I have ever before seen snow coming down through the fog ~ was entranced! Delighted!

Alas. No ships out there when I went to the Lake this afternoon, so I could not even SEE the light house, but I could hear that hollow slub of water in the rocks, and see the cracked sheets of of thick ice in all the small mooring slips and hear the gulls out on the jetty.

This evening instead of going to the Lake, we went to the Ahnapee River above the damn and made a small altar and fire by the boat ramp. I love making altars out of the resources at hand ~ found some purrfect and willing rocks to mark the directions and put colored candles on each; and a small log that we covered with everygreen branches; for Water, we had the river; for Earth we used the rich loam near the shore; for Air we had the wind herself and added rich incense for her to play with; and we made a Fire. And we had tall grasses that grow at the edge of the banks and made frond-wands for moving in our Circle ~ we bound the brushy ends and lighted them to burn as we moved!

And we called the directions and chanted the Magick and made a ceremony of protection and invitation and hope for the light as we lighted candles and parted the fog and the dark . . . and layed asides our fears for hope in the light to come . . . transformation.

We drank hot spicey cider from a thermos and ate grapes and cookies.

Since all that we used belonged to the place we burned our olde in the ashes and when we left, we returned all to the River with chants and joy!

We each carried away a protected candle and will burn them all night in our seperate windows until dawn.

Solstice!

Here I am in Wisconsin! Still looking for part time work and have had nibbles but no takers. Well. One place has put me on as a substitute house manager which means they may use me a lot, a little, or not at all. I did like the agency ~ runs half-way houses for prisoners coming out on parole.

I live in Door County and have made a website geared specifically to this area:

http://doorpeninsulapathways.com

 Seemed like it took me ages to complete as I created the graphics and didn't want excess verbiage.  Who said, "I would write a shorter letter if I had more time" ?

I am just six short miles to Lake Michigan whose colors unfold in layers across the horizon cradling the Sun as she rises and reflecting the Moon at night. At dusk or just before, I head to the Lake to watch the geese. Great flocks of them spend the day there. At dusk with great to do and honking and goose gossip, they rise small flock by small flock and join into ever larger flocks and head for the quiet ponds a little way inland.

And I am just a half mile walk to the Ahnapee River dam and trail. The trail runs miles across the County and was once a railroad bed. The RR abandoned it as the olde trains kept getting bogged in the deep snow drifts! The County reclaimed it and has made a wonderfull woodsy way to enjoy the river and the farmlands and the wonderful fresh countryside.

I am meeting some good people and finding Wisconsin every bit as friendly as their reputation!

Many Feathers (Christine)

I am moving out to Door County, Wisconsin in mid-September.

Anyone here live out that way? Would love to hear what's what and where!

 Thank you!

Christine

Many Feathers

Blessings of the Goddess

Sat Aug 11, 2007 3:19 pm (PST)  

Shekhinah Mountainwater took her final breath

and went into the arms of the goddess.

Blessed Be Shekhinah!