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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 9:02 pm
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My advice to you would be sort of to echo the seasons with your practice.
Now summer is a time in which trees get a lot of growing done, but a lot of animals tend to just lax out in the sun because food is often plentiful. (Well, that is what I have observed. I'm sure it's a time of dearth in some areas and for some animals.)
So, you may want to concentrate your practice around meditation, taking walks, observation, being still and enjoying your surroundings, perhaps reading a spiritual work. Rather than starting up something new, build on or continue what you started in the spring. You may want to collect things like stones, shells, sticks or feathers on your walks for use in projects that could inspire you in the coming autumn.
In winter, we have a tendency to draw in, close the shutters, light the fire, and nest. It's a time more appropriate for reading stories, eating, and stoking the hearth, so you may want to concentrate your practice on reading myths, histories or fairy tales, and relating your spirituality to the home and the hearth. Perhaps cook more, clean the hearth, strengthen your wards (if you keep them), and so on. Work with things like wool - perhaps start up knitting or embroidery. You might just enjoy it for its own sake at the time, and work magic into the stitches in future projects.
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Sanguina Cruenta Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 9:08 pm
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Sanguina Cruenta My advice to you would be sort of to echo the seasons with your practice. Now summer is a time in which trees get a lot of growing done, but a lot of animals tend to just lax out in the sun because food is often plentiful. (Well, that is what I have observed. I'm sure it's a time of dearth in some areas and for some animals.) So, you may want to concentrate your practice around meditation, taking walks, observation, being still and enjoying your surroundings, perhaps reading a spiritual work. Rather than starting up something new, build on or continue what you started in the spring. You may want to collect things like stones, shells, sticks or feathers on your walks for use in projects that could inspire you in the coming autumn. In winter, we have a tendency to draw in, close the shutters, light the fire, and nest. It's a time more appropriate for reading stories, eating, and stoking the hearth, so you may want to concentrate your practice on reading myths, histories or fairy tales, and relating your spirituality to the home and the hearth. Perhaps cook more, clean the hearth, strengthen your wards (if you keep them), and so on. Work with things like wool - perhaps start up knitting or embroidery. You might just enjoy it for its own sake at the time, and work magic into the stitches in future projects.
thanks 3nodding i usually do a lot of nature hikes during the cooler (but not too cold) months because we have a lot of snakes around here, many of which are poisonous, so i may just stick to the roads, but i do enjoy spending my time outdoors here. the forest around my house is gorgeous. and i've never tried knitting before, i may have to make plans to try that. thanks again. heart
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 9:22 pm
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Sanguina Cruenta Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 9:31 pm
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 9:37 pm
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 7:40 am
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 8:45 am
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 12:46 pm
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 12:48 pm
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 12:57 pm
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Esiris whiporwill-o thanks. i also love gardening. when i had my own place i had a potted herb garden on my balcony, but when i moved everything died because i'm in a different climate now. i wish i could have started over, but my parents dont have the space for me to try again. i'm hoping i'll only have maybe another year and a half here before i can get my own place again. I don't know about where you live- but there may be community gardening opportunities there- check with your local community center, different groups that put together CSAs and stuff like that- maybe you can find some kind of gardening outlet. I do a lot of work with a group that gives gardens to low income families like mine- and they were able to turn me on to even more groups.
sadly, we don't even have a community center here. i live in a very small town and all of the community activities are done by church groups in which you have to be either an active member or prospective member of that church in order to partake.
i am looking into raising maybe one or two small potted plants in my room though, maybe that will be able to keep me until i can branch out again.
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