at a few unfinished paintings....looks like there will be about 7 of the broomstick mafia present...i wanted 13 but  that just ain't gonna happen.....right now anyway...My fave Hekate will be there-- and i am doing a self portrait too(i have not made a self portrait since the LAST century--it's time)

no opening--so just pop in when you wanna see them after the 11th of october-- PM me and i will give you my phone numbers so we can meet for coffee or a drink--*the gallery* is down the street from my house--don't get your hopes up-- the gallery is in fact the lobby of the SATV offices...but there is tons of foot traffic and it is right in the heart of Salem October fun...and it's free..ha ha ha!!

autumn has definately embraced us here in salem--i was told the ocean temperature is 10 degrees colder than last year-- i can definatly feel it...we are in for a cold winter i am afraid-- i have been meditating on the election and state of our economy...trying to raise enough energy to help heal the USA-- we need it... a lot...my 10-28-2008 new moon ritual will be in that vien...we need to banish some hardcore bad ju ju...doncha think???

"Remember, we are all affecting the world every moment, whether we
mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so
deeply interconnected with one another.  Working on our own
consciousness is the most important thing that we are doing at any
moment, and being love is a supreme creative act."
- Ram Dass

and one more gory bloody little slap on the dead horse on xtian witches.....if we are to compare the characters in the xtian bible-- how it is now after the many translations and mutations and political movements....frankly amongst them; Lucifer's anti hero, search for self awareness , rejection and ultimately assuming of power in his own place on his own terms--is far more appealing than the character jesus.....while i totally respect jesus's love, acceptance, embracing of all- ----Lucifer was the spurned love,-- i can identify with him better....so maybe i am a xian witch after all??? ha ha ha!!    in reality they both belong to the book the bible which i  consider a great story--not written by the hand of the god/dess by any stretch.......and really satanic or xtian witch---i don't get it..aren't they in fact the same???? oh sh8t!! smack that bee hive, right!!!

and lastly--- the response to my last blog was awesome...i even had a catholic witch reply(strangley enough) but i really want ya'll to know i loved the words and the spirit in which they were written-- i feel grateful-- thank you for reminding me how lucky indeed i am---i am fortunate and yet again encompassed in the arms of the most ubundant and loving universe---we all have this immense power...an ability to change things, to transform, to acsend -- the gathering of knowledge and experiences is so key.....but i am sure you knew that--

enough of my mindless banter.......thank you again for the *HOLLA'S *

lets make this next moon,month and new year the best yet.....countdown to the witches new year--25 mo' days!--WHOOOOP!!!

some of us are embarrased by that name-- some find a buried empowerment from it, some of *us*choose to  preface it in order to fit themselves into a tight box ....personally i have been thinking long and hard about the word and why it's so important to me.....not wiccan but witch...very important indeed. 

now -- i have been studying the occult and witchcraft for almost 30 years---actively pursuing the knowledge of this unique spirituality since i was a kid-- i read alot-all the time....books a constant companion....i started to actively practice about 25 years ago--- sporadically at first and then incorporated ritual into everyday life....that is how i have lived for the last 25 of my almost 40 years......so when i see/hear/learn that something so sacred to me is so easliy redefined to something i want no part of...just to fit a trend-- i freak....FREAK OUT...i am still so disgusted.....i won't beat a dead horse---but i have searched my soul and this kid cannot abide the xtian witch....

so-- some hard decisons need to be made and soon--- i am considering moving my cyberlife off CS---back into the mainstream of myspace perhaps or somewhere else......no where else maybe.....and it is with a heavy heart i come to this end.......i cannot express my view without some intense backlash here and by intense i guess i mean surprising....and really i can get that from any stranger on the street.....i guess my expectations were too high......i am too sensitive and obviouslly cursed by a strong opinion that offends...ha ha ha!! what else is new?! that is definatly life in MY shoes for many years now......what i find a little more interesting is that alot of you thought i was specifically targeting someone that i wasn't...and the silences did not go un noticed either.....bottom line-- who has time for this? i know i don't.

on another note.....another friend of mine has crossed over..killed himself--found out last week......frankly i am tired of it.....too many too much too sad......overwhelmed.....the news.threw a bit of a wrench in my life and creative process...i am behind on the show-- i will hang it next weekend---so by saturday october 11th it should be up-- i will post pix if i am still here if you;d like to see it-- anyone in the salem area pop by...i will not have an opening this time....my plate is too full.

so all you WITCHES if you are still here lurking about in cyberspace--- give me a holla!

my fave tree in salem-- i was sad i didn't bond with any of them in the back yard...but walking home a few nights ago i heard a distinct   *pssssssst...i'm over here* and there she is! there she is indeed...growing in the middle of *the olde burying point* in the heart of salem...amongst the ancient headstones......sigh ......ain't she cute.. i just had the little camera so the pix are not as intense as they could be....i cannot tell you the times i have walked throught the cemetary, around the cemetary, beside the cemetary and never saw her...so enjoy the pix....got one of the near full orange moon i have included too....and some other salem porn....

working like a dog-- sold some designs this week--i have the show to put together and a few other things on the horizon as well.....my hubby is good--staying positive looking forward to samhain.....we will be married 9 years this samhain...whoop! then he turns 40!

as the viel thins i have felt more male energy in and around the house---more orbs appear in the photos...i will keep you updated....

welly well well......how are my cosmic bretheren today? rocking hard?

embrace the equinox today at 11:44am EST----another cog moved on the wheel of the year-- closer to samhain and the inevitable darkness and rebirth.time to REALLY examine the sinews and minutae........under a nice strong light---

i am grateful for such a beautiful day--for the clouds and cool weather-- for the leaves in struggle to turn--crows and ravens this morning chatting up eachother in the rising light---sweet smell of the ocean.....i am grateful and encompassed by the abundant universe...so lucky.

i hope you are well-- be wise and blessed-- make it a good one

meow for now

HEY KIDS!! HAPPY FULL MOON TO YOU ALL!!

---SOON  i won't have much time to chat --i have so many things going on and deadlines coming up--

on another note-- i have noticed i am one friend shy of a *full load* again-----hmmmmmm.....interesting.

well i will check in when i can-- prolly just once a week for now-

hope you all have a great monday!!